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Nazarenko, Alexander V.; Kolesnik, Anna I. – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
This paper provides new and effective modes of professional environmental training for future teachers. We have designed a model of environmental awareness. It was used in the pedagogical experiment to develop a holistic view regarding its significance in the overall structure of professional competence of future ecology experts. We have…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Professional Training, Holistic Approach, Ecology
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Vanhoof, Jan; Verhaeghe, Goedele; Verhaeghe, Jean Pierre; Valcke, Martin; Van Petegem, Peter – Educational Studies, 2011
Information-rich environments are created to promote data use in schools for the purpose of self-evaluation and quality assurance. However, providing feedback does not guarantee that schools will actually put it to use. One of the main stumbling blocks relates to the interpretation and diagnosis of the information. This study examines the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Quality Control, Principals, Data Interpretation
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Huang, Chien-Chung; Blake, Allison; Edwards, Richard L.; Liu, Chieh-Wen; Nolan, Robert B.; Rusen, Barbara; Thompson, Dina – Evaluation Review, 2010
Child support enforcement (CSE) has experienced dramatic changes in the last decade; however, it is not clear whether child support staff is fully aware of the development. Using data from the New Jersey child support training program (n = 530), this article aims to evaluate the professional knowledge of child support staff. The results show that…
Descriptors: Children, Career Development, Knowledge Level, Professional Training
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Aibieyi, Stanley – Educational Research Quarterly, 2012
The Nigeria's oil industry has been criticized for some time now for its inability to render adequate services to the general public. This criticism is predicated on the fact that the standards of productivity in their services are low and that their facilities (i.e. the refineries) are not working up to capacity. This is evident in their…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Fuels, Job Performance, Professional Training
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Urban, O. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2008
In this article, the data from a sociological survey serve as the basis for an analysis of the levels of professional training of the graduates of higher educational institutions in the Kuzbass region. The object of this survey consisted of upper-division students in daytime enrollment of colleges and universities in Novokuznetsk, which is not…
Descriptors: Professional Training, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Knowledge Level, Educational Attainment
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Crone, Deanne A.; Hawken, Leanne S.; Bergstrom, Melissa K. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2007
The primary goal of this project was to increase schools' resources and staff skills in providing function-based behavior support to individual students with chronic problem behaviors. Over the course of a 3-year period, 10 school teams received training in and on-site consultation on functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and behavior support…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Severe Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
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Reid, Jerry B. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1991
Training judges to generate item ratings in standard setting once the reference group has been defined is discussed. It is proposed that sensitivity to the factors that determine difficulty can be improved through training. Three criteria for determining when training is sufficient are offered. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Difficulty Level, Evaluators, Interrater Reliability
Clifton, Cherie; Long, Carolyne – 1992
At Amarillo College (AC) in Texas, academic advising is provided by certified counselors at the Advising and Counseling Center in conjunction with faculty and staff of the developmental studies department. In addition, all teaching faculty serve as student advisors. During the past 5 years, a number of factors have placed increased demands on the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Counselor Training, Faculty Advisers