A business and education partnership model addressed a shortage of local, qualified, entry-level, technically skilled workers through a school-to-work apprenticeship program at the North Montco Technical Career Center in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. The research-based solution plan of the Pennsylvania Youth Apprenticeship Program (PYAP) included three…

This practicum paper discusses the development, evaluation, and revision of a student sex education syllabus at American River College (California). The syllabus is intended to provide an alternative learning format to the traditional lecture format. After a review of the literature, it was decided to use a fill-in or sentence completion format…

This report presents an instructional design model that was developed for use by the End-Users Computing department of a large pharmaceutical company in developing effective--but not lengthy--microcomputer training seminars to train office workers and executives in the proper use of computers and thus increase their productivity. The 14 steps of…

Society still carries the lingering remains of the autocratic cultural mores of reward and punishment. Staff in a group home setting for children must be aware of the complexity caused by the mingling of autocratic and democratic mores. This phenomenon causes discrepancy in parenting methods. It was surmised that training the staff (N=4) at one…

In 1992, a practicum was undertaken to identify and implement a series of technology training strategies, providing faculty with the ability to improve the integration of technology into the curriculum. The setting was a multi-campus, two-year, state-supported community college with five campuses and numerous outreach centers. Objectives included…

The study sought to design a strategic planning model to be utilized in the Student Development Department at Winnipeg Bible College in Otterbourne, Manitoba. The objective of the project was to assimilate all processes of departmental planning into one comprehensive, systematic construct. Procedures involved: the collection and categorization of…

An audiovisual (a/v) module for use in a family history course at Ricks College (Idaho) which was developed, implemented, and evaluated is described. The following procedures were used: current literature was reviewed, an instructional model was followed in developing and testing the audiovisual module, the media lab at the college was utilized…

A guidance counselor implemented a 10-week practicum intervention designed to reduce the number of suspensions and repeat offenses among 9th and 10th graders. A team approach was used to implement a discipline and counseling model that incorporated guidance services as a routine intervention strategy with repeat offenders. The intervention program…

An elementary school teacher and counselor designed a practicum which provided a model that teachers and parents used to enhance the developmental and academic skills of kindergarten children. The major goal was to increase the acquisition of skills through the child's preferred learning modality. Teachers and parents were given training that…

The practicum was designed to establish a staff development program to help teachers to systematically employ whole-brain and responsive instructional approaches with "at risk" students and to provide the theoretical/conceptual, practical, and experiential knowledge base necessary for program development incorporating cognitive styles.…

A program planning model developed in collaboration with primary decision makers and program planners is described in this study. A 6-month pilot test of the planning document was evaluated by a followup questionnaire of program planners and decision makers. Results indicate that a majority of the respondents viewed the planning model as…

A model for teaching group dynamics to undergraduate occupational therapy students was developed. The model incorporated adult education methodology in the teaching of group leadership and personal growth. A literature review was undertaken to identify the purpose and components of laboratory education, which was recognized as the preferred method…

This practicum developed a program to improve the mainstreaming of secondary level students with learning disabilities through provision of: (1) inservice training workshops on the topic of collaborative consultation for regular and exceptional (special) educators, and (2) study skills seminars for the students. In addition to the inservice…

A program for remediating science illiteracy among primary level students is offered in this publication. A practicum was designed to address the lack of science teaching and student science experiences at the Marian Boyd School in Warrentown, North Carolina. Priorities included in-service education for teachers, a science laboratory for students,…

This practicum was designed to utilize a shared decision making (SDM) committee model as a mechanism through which a long-range, comprehensive computer technology plan would be developed for a Jackman (Maine) school system. On-site research coupled with an extensive review of current literature produced a finding that long-range technology…