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Mulder, Martin – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
This contribution aims at informing readers about a current education and training design approach which is based on theory building and practical experience. It is about the development of comprehensive competence-based education, which is different from earlier attempts to develop competence-based education. In many education development…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles
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Slagoski, Jeremy D. – English Teaching Forum, 2007
In situations where it is not possible for trainees to practice teaching in local schools, teaching short lessons to their peers--called microteaching--can provide beneficial experience and feedback to teachers-in-training. The article includes guidelines for presenters, observers, and teacher trainers as well as a sample practicum class schedule…
Descriptors: Microteaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Trainees
Dalrymple, Nancy Justin – 1993
This source book focuses on helping people with autism manage their behavior by analyzing the learning environment and the purpose of the behavior and then teaching new skills and behaviors. Introductory material covers the approach's philosophy and the importance of a longitudinal program plan. A section on creating a physical environment for…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Objectives
Wood, Fred H.; And Others – 1983
A recent model for the design of staff development programs for educators includes 5 stages--readiness, planning, training, implementation, and maintenance--each of which is defined by a set of 4 to 11 practices. To test this model and the relative merits of its 38 practices and its underlying assumptions, a national questionnaire survey of over…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Inservice Education, Maintenance
Brandes, Beverly; Green, Rebecca – 1999
This booklet, which is intended for educators interested in establishing service learning programs, examines the benefits, development, and operation of intergenerational service learning programs. Discussed are the benefits of intergenerational programs in view of recent changes in family life and society as a whole. Three types of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Citizenship Education, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices
Rader, Billie T. – 1984
A study examined the perceptions of Florida vocational teachers concerning their needs for technical updating. A survey administered to all vocational teachers in Florida in 1982-83 identified more than 2,000 individual technical update needs. Since this number was too large to identify specific areas of priority, a project was conducted in…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Information Sources, Inservice Teacher Education
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Marks, S. B. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1998
Links the literature on learned helplessness with best practices in teaching children who are deaf-blind. Defines "learned helplessness" and "mastery motivation;" considers identification of learned helplessness; and offers suggestions such as rewarding independent rather than dependent behaviors and integrating orientation, mobility, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Skills, Congenital Impairments, Daily Living Skills
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Hughes, Maria – 1995
This document, which is designed for managers responsible for human resource development (HRD) policy and planning in the United Kingdom's further education (FE) colleges, draws on evidence from a study of 10 FE colleges to illustrate good practices in developing and implementing college policies and strategies for HRD. Presented first are a brief…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Delivery Systems, Educational Practices
Australian Dept. of Employment, Education and Training, Canberra. – 1993
This resource kit, which is intended as a tool for training managers and training providers interested in planning language and literacy training programs for workplaces throughout Australia, consists of a magazine and three booklets detailing the following: the benefits of language and literacy training, sources of further information, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Reynolds, Michael – 1994
This book, which is intended for educators and trainers involved in designing group activities, examines the theory and practice of group activities. The first three chapters, which introduce theories about group instruction, deal with the following topics: the rationale for group instruction (types of group methods and reasons for using them);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Benefits
Burgess, Robert G.; And Others – 1993
This volume is about inservice education and training (INSET) and the professional development of teachers from four local educational authorities (LEAs) in England; the key role of teachers in providing and evaluating INSET; representations of varied styles of INSET; problem solving; and a range of alternative models and styles of INSET for…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
O Fathaigh, Mairtin – 2002
This document, which was developed for presentation at a seminar on adult learning and safety, examines approaches to occupational safety and health (OSH) learning/training in the workplace. Section 1 examines selected factors affecting adults' learning in workplace OSH programs. The principal dimensions along which individual adult learners will…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques
Byatt, Janet; Davies, Karen – 1994
This guide is designed as a tool for English and Welsh businesses wanting to provide basic skills training for their employees. It provides practical solutions to the problems of identifying employees' basic skills needs and selecting the best model of training delivery to address identified training needs. The introductory section discusses basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship
Morgan, Ronald R.; Ponticell, Judith A.; Gordon, Edward E. – 1998
This book, which is designed to prepare individuals to become workplace consultants, examines the theory and practice of enhancing learning in training and adult education. The following are among the topics discussed: putting cognition theory into practice in instruction; cognitive science perspective on adult learning (adults as learners, three…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Business
Simpson, Mary; Lane, Joanna – 1998
This document describes the experiences of 13 unemployed adults who participated in job training that was provided by the Croydon Continuing Education and Training Service in the London borough of Croydon with funding from the European Social Fund from 1995-1997. The document begins with an overview of the two projects: the New Addington NOW (New…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies, Continuing Education
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