A range of evidence suggests that changing a person's pattern of behaviour is extremely difficult, with past behaviour being one of the strongest predictors of future behaviour. This is particularly evident in the university setting where students tend to use the same academic processes they have used throughout their schooling despite any…

The body of research produced by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) over the lifetime of the 2011-14 National Research Priorities (see figure 1) has exposed many of the problems facing tertiary education and training. With the aim of "understanding the problem", the research has further investigated the…

The purpose of this paper is to share the findings of a highly generalizable investigative feasibility project, whose goal is to enhance the teaching ability of current higher education faculty members. The mission of the project was to introduce a new doctoral degree on Global Education and Leadership (GEL) geared toward a ubiquitous, broad…

Presents information about the preparation of individuals for entry-level positions in organizational training, reviewing training and development programs, essential skills, entry-level roles, and curricular issues. (SK)

Argues that general education, as opposed to liberal education, should be included in professional continuing education programs. (CH)

Discussion of participative learning strategies that can be used in training focuses on the need for the trainer to adapt to unexpected events, whether they involve equipment or learners. The achievement of instructional objectives is discussed, characteristics of experts are described, and three examples of training sessions with unexpected…

The author presents some basic viewpoints and a description of objectives related to training of the special teacher in the Netherlands. It is reported that the student teacher is confronted with problems related to three dimensions of his working situation: direct confrontation with exceptional children (the micro-task-field), responsibility for…

To aid in personnel training and as a complement to its enforcement program, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency implemented an operator assistance program in June 1976. Its principle objective was to train operators in process control to improve their skills and enhance their long-term ability to produce high quality effluent. (Author/JN)

This manual presents a comprehensive training design, suggested procedures, and materials for conducting a workshop in the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of hydrams, and in the planning and implementation of hydram projects. Hydrams (hydraulic rams, hydraulic ram pumps, automatic hydraulic ram pumps, rams) are devices…

This technical report has two purposes. One purpose is to present an end product of a multi-year research investigation into the cognitive skills involved in performing intelligence analysis. The product is a "Handbook for Strategic Intelligence Analysis" developed for the United States Army Intelligence and Threat Analysis Center…

This curriculum guide, developed in cooperation with the State Advisory Committee on Fireman Training for Post-High School Preparatory Programs, summarizes the need for formal training programs in fire protection and offers guidelines for their establishment. It is also a practical handbook for the planning of fire protection curriculums and…

Discusses the necessity of relating needs assessment and needs analysis in performance management. Topics discussed include measurable objectives; the identification and selection of needs; performance improvement; the Organizational Elements Model (OEM), which helps to identify means and ends; and training requirements analysis. (eight…

Presents objectives developed by a subcommittee of the American Library Association to be used as a guide for the development of new training and continuing education programs for interlibrary loan personnel. Five main areas of interlibrary loan practice are addressed: (1) codes, (2) borrowing procedures, (3) lending procedures, (4) copyright, and…

The authors describe how industrial education teachers can become competent industrial trainers by adding one important skill they may lack--performing training needs assessments. They present a case study of a needs assessment and discuss successes and shortcomings of the assessment performed by their students. (CH)

This article deals with major ethical issues in training for work in the alcoholism field at this time in the United States. It illustrates how value judgments permeate every aspect of training and treatment and must be confronted directly and continually, and shows how to confront them in organization, evaluation, methodology and content. (LPG)