This paper concentrates on two aspects in the development of curriculums for technical training: the identification of curriculum content for specific courses of study; and the organization of such content in training programs. Seven steps in the HumRRO procedure for systematic curriculum engineering are identified: determining the performance…

This manual is designed to assist in the development of a criminal justice agency training program. The first chapter is a discussion of various learning principles (motivation, practice, reinforcement, and learning transfer) and how they may help the trainer select instructional strategies later in the process. Administration, trainer, and…

Based on papers and discussions of training experts at the UNESCO Seminar on Instructional Training Techniques for Broadcasters held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in June, 1973, this report surveys in general terms the present situation of communications training, pinpoints deficiencies, and identifies potential trends. This is followed by other…

Recommendations, conclusions, and position papers based on the results of a diagnostic survey conducted six states and 11 communities are reported. They concern: (1) identification of the objectives and goals of occupational education; (2) structuring of alternative programs to achieve them; (3) cost-benefit analysis; and, (4) projections of…

The purpose of this handbook is to assist Job Corps Training Center staff in developing an instructional system which relates to present day occupational requirements. This is a how-to-do-it handbook which emphasizes and illustrates curriculum development techniques to assist training and management staff in establishing and updating Career…

For more than twenty years controversy has existed in the Armed Forces over the kind of knowledge and training electronic maintenance technicians should have. The Navy and Air Force have conducted research projects in this area, and for the Army the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) has developed several methods to improve the…

The paper id divided into five parts, introduced by the research rationale and a definition of the DACUM (Designing a Curriculum) approach to curriculum, learning, and evaluation in occupational training. As a process, DACUM is a group-accomplished occupational subject area skills analysis; as a product, it is a graphic representation of those…

Background information is provided concerning the efforts of Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC), under the sponsorship of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to form a national consortium of two-year colleges for the development of Human Resources programs aimed at training chemical substance abuse workers. The report first presents…

This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…