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Classroom Training--The OIC Approach: CETA Program Models.
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Pressley, Calvin; McGraw, James – 1978
This monograph on Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program models for practitioners in community-based government employment and training programs describes a model for classroom job training, the Opportunities Industrial Centers (OIC) model. The content is presented in five sections. The introductory section discusses motivations…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Learning the Job: Juggling the Messages in On- and Off-the-Job Training.
Harris, Roger; Willis, Peter; Simons, Michele – 1998
This report is an interpretative examination of on- and off-job sites as learning environments. It explores meanings that apprentices, workplace mentors, and technical and further education (TAFE) teachers develop and place on integrated training. Key insights from research on 32 apprentices, 21 host employers, and 6 TAFE teachers in South…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Constructivism (Learning), Education Work Relationship, Educational Environment
HRD and Learning Organisations in Europe. Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development.
Tjepkema, Saskia, Ed.; Stewart, Jim, Ed.; Sambrook, Sally, Ed.; Mulder, Martin, Ed.; ter Horst, Hilde, Ed.; Scheerens, Jaap, Ed. – 2002
This book presents results of a European study into the changing role of human resource development (HRD). Chapter 1, "Introduction," describes the background, objectives, research questions, and underlying research project. Chapter 2, "Learning Organizations and HRD" (Saskia Tjepkema, Hilde ter Horst, Martin Mulder), discusses…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship
Training for Development: The Road to Self Reliance.
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Agency for International Development (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. Office of International Training. – 1975
This publication describes the comprehensive training program administered by the Agency for International Development (Aid) for foreign nationals in those fields most directly related to the economic, technical, and social needs of developing countries. Through the program, qualified candidates of developing countries are educated and trained in…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Programs
Learning to Work. Sage Contemporary Social Science Issues 4.
Geer, Blanche, Ed. – 1972
The collection of readings reflects some of the findings of a five year cooperative research project entitled Educational Experiences of Non-College Youth that focused on four areas of occupational training: (1) apprentices, (2) private trade schools, (3) training courses in the armed forces and (4) on-the-job training. Control of training, the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Career Development
Working Life Changes and Training of Older Workers. Research Report.
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Tikkanen, Tarja; Lahn, Leif Christian; Withnall, Alexandra; Ward, Peter; Lyng, Kolbein – 2002
WORKTOW was a multidisciplinary action research project carried out in 27 small and medium-sized enterprises in the United Kingdom, Finland, and Norway. The main focus was on the learning of workers aged 45 and older. In-depth case studies were conducted in all three countries involving a range of learning interventions. Results showed age was not…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences