In recent decades, leadership scholars have bemoaned the lack of true leaders and leadership education at all levels and issued the fabled "cry for leadership." Although institutions of higher learning have been engaged in guiding the leaders of society since their inception, they offered no formalized programs or courses until relatively…

Preservice foreign-language teachers are adults with well-established beliefs. They start teacher-education programs with traditional beliefs about language teaching reflecting their own experiences. The field of foreign-language teaching, however, underwent a paradigm shift from grammar-based to communicative foreign-language instruction.…

The first of a series of special reports produced by TADD (Technical Assistance in Training Developmental Disabilities Personnel Project), the document provides planning councils and staff with an overview of financial resources available for the training of personnel involved in the delivery of services to developmentally disabled individuals.…

Three national institutes for correctional staff trainers incorporated new techniques in an attempt to upgrade corrections programs through improved staff development. There were 78 trainer and 200 middle management staff and correctional officers involved in the program, representing more than 100 correctional institutions in the United States.…

Scheduled for January 5-10, 1969, in Newark, New Jersey, this national training program is designed for 27 trainers community action workers from Office of Economic Opportunity funded multipurpose and urban training centers. Program content and objectives have been outlined for the following sessions: introduction (1 1/2 hours); establishing a…

The objective of this article is to define a model for school staff development that is founded on the principle of relevance. That model is CONSEL or Confrontation-Search Laboratory, originated at Xicom Communications Laboratory. (Authors/CB)

The training and development programs of the NCR Corporation offer useful ideas for educators interested in increasing effectiveness of inservice teacher education. Implications for use of NCR's personnel training programs as a basis for staff development are offered. (DF)

The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing was developed collaboratively by the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and the Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Nursing. The institute prepares nurses for practice, keeps practitioners current, and provides nursing staff development programs. (Contains 11 references.) (JOW)

The final report summarizes the activities, findings, and recommendations of an Illinois demonstration project to field test a new curriculum ("We Can Help") on the identification, reporting, referral and case management of child abuse. Sections of the report provide information on the original plan of operations, project staff, planning…

This article describes the training of the youthful staff of a health services center. (JD)

Suggestions on how to examine educational programs in business and relate findings from such learning experiences to the school environment are presented in this article. (DF)

Teaching modalities and in-service training activities showing promise of increasing student learning and teaching effectiveness were identified by 25 community/junior college instructors who participated in a six-week institute for training in Flanders Interaction Analysis and questioning strategies. The Delphi process, surveys, and campus…

The basic objective of the institute was to improve the library effectiveness of the attendees and to develop their potential for future leadership. An intense and concentrated program of learning opportunities focused on increasing the personal and professional competence of its nine participants. A model was designed, implemented and evaluated…