Many are calling for increased continuing education for engineers, but few details are provided as to how to source that education. This paper recommends a strategy for sourcing continuing engineering education (CEE). Providers of CEE are categorized here as internal (the organization itself), external (universities, professional/trade…

Discusses recommendations of the National Commission for the Study of Nursing and Nursing Education. During its study, one of the most salient problems in all nursing soon emerged as that of continuing education. (PT)

Mandatory professional continuing education is discussed in terms of the public, the professions, educators, and individual professionals. Various approaches by university administrations, professional schools and associations, and the government are also examined to see that professional standards are maintained. (LH)

Developing online teaching skills can occur through involvement in learn-by-doing strategies, which incorporates informal, organic or need-driven strategies. Such processes are sometimes labeled as "bottom-up" staff development processes. In other contexts, teaching staff are formally directed to develop online teaching skills through a…

The present trend is for more instruction of health professionals to be given in college classrooms and less in the clinical facility. To facilitate this transition a core curriculum is proposed which can be challenged by examination, independent study modules, and competency based design. (Author)

THIS SYLLABUS WAS DEVELOPED TO ASSIST THE PARTICIPANTS IN A 4-DAY INSTITUTE DESIGNED TO PROMOTE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR MULTIPLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. SECTION ONE OF THE SYLLABUS DESCRIBES THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE INSTITUTE INCLUDING CONSULTANTS, FACULTY, PANEL MEMBERS, DISCUSSION LEADERS AND RECORDERS, THE HOTEL PLAN, AND THE…

Ways the education and training of information professionals can adapt to the rapidly changing information environment are addressed in this paper, which describes a project undertaken by King Research ("New Directions in Library and Information Science Education") to identify current and future competency requirements of librarians and…

This study sought mainly to determine the important functions and the preparational needs of directors of hospital education, to identify the most pertinent problems encountered by these directors in recent years, to propose educational recommendations, and to provide a pattern for improving existing preparational programs or developing new ones.…

Included in this annual report is a description of the educational program offered at the National Institute of Technical Training in Israel. Specifically, the report lists: (1) the various subjects taught at the Institute, (2) courses of study, (3) entrance requirements, (4) student privileges, (5) obligations and loans, and (6) future projects.…

It is proposed that all levels and functions of higher education should address the needs and characteristics of a rapidly increasing population of elderly in the United States. Some existing programs that have developed organizational structures to meet this need are presented as illustrations. (MSE)

The feasibility of the proposed program for preparing local school instruction coordinators was related to the following criteria, all of which were defined in quantitative terms: (1) Instructional leadership is deficient or needed, (2) Schools are willing to employ instructional coordinators with a primary responsibility for providing…

Emphasis is given to determination of educational needs and program planning; the programs of two schools of pharmacy are also discussed. (Author)

Responses from 45% of 696 British midwives and interviews with 17 indicated that they identify their continuing education needs most frequently through interaction with colleagues. Their greatest needs were for professional issues and management topics; there is a demand for part-time and distance learning. (SK)

This literature review on the preparation of professional adult educators attempts to cover the leading areas of discussion and research as well as some of the more interesting conclusions reported. Six major preoccupations of research are outlined, followed by two chapters on adult education as a discipline and a profession, patterns of adult…

A study identified and verified the professional education competencies needed and presently held by beginning teachers of vocational agriculture in Tennessee. To obtain these data researchers designed a survey instrument that listed 99 competencies under the following areas: program planning, development, and evaluation; planning of instruction;…