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Rosenau, Fred S. – 1977
Suggestions are made for helping project managers aid educational linking agents in acquiring new skills or sharpening existing skills. These tentative suggestions are grouped into five categories: (l) skill/knowledge domains; (2) setting priorities; (3) choosing among options; (4) selecting trainers; (5) resources. Skill/knowledge priorities…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Guidelines
Center for Literacy, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1993
A project was undertaken to help low-literate Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) members develop the reading and writing skills needed to participate fully in AA/NA programs. A training program consisting of three 1.5-hour-long sessions and accompanying training guidelines were developed and used to train 21 student and 7 tutor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Guidelines, Instructional Materials, Literacy Education
United Nations Development Programme, Bangkok (Thailand). – 1983
The 12-country cooperative project that is reviewed involved the following activities and outputs: group training workshops/seminars, inter-country study visits, the development of training materials for regional training programs and preparation of a training handbook, support to and development of national training programs, and evaluation.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Correspondence Study, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Rawitsch, Don G. – AEDS Monitor, 1981
Discusses ways of providing training for educators in the operation and instructional applications of microcomputers on a large scale basis, and draws on the experiences of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) for examples of successful networking activities. (Author/MER)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics
Mockovak, William P. – 1981
A study entitled the Alternative Training Experiment (ATE) evaluated the effectiveness of a method for training census enumerators that involved new processes for developing instructional materials (called job performance aids) and new methods of instruction. During the study three pairs of census decentralized offices were matched on variables…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employee Attitudes, Followup Studies, Instructional Materials
Kaczmarek, Louise A. – 2000
This final report summarizes the objectives, activities and outcomes of a federally-funded project that was designed to add an interdisciplinary specialization in multiple disabilities for infants and toddlers to an existing Early Intervention Master of Education/Early Childhood Education Certificate Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Seven…
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Early Intervention, Higher Education, Infants
Kaczmarek, Louise A. – 2000
This final report summarizes the objectives, activities and outcomes of a federally-funded project designed to improve the quality of graduate-level preservice training for personnel who serve children with disabilities aged birth through 5. Among other things, the project developed a Master of Education Program in Early Intervention (birth to age…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Diversity (Student), Early Intervention, Graduate Students
Jacobs, Ronald L.; Jones, Michael J. – 1995
This book details a step-by-step procedure for setting up effective on-the-job training (OJT) programs in actual work settings. The book contains 11 chapters grouped into 3 parts. Part 1, which is devoted to meeting the demand for employee expertise, consists of a chapter explaining how the need for effective and efficient development of employee…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Check Lists, Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems
Australian Dept. of Employment, Education and Training, Canberra. – 1994
This magazine, which is designed for managers of Australian companies who are interested in raising their firms' productivity and meeting quality standards by developing a comprehensive approach to workplace communication, includes a variety of materials for and about improving communication within their organization. Most of the magazine is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Communication Audits, Computer Literacy
Millican, Juliet – 1991
This resource book is intended to help trainers working on postliteracy programs in agricultural areas of West Africa. Its primary focus is on the role of literacy in the management of irrigation systems and farmer cooperatives and on program administration activities such as recordkeeping, registration, and credit. However, strategies for meeting…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education, Classroom Techniques
Thompson, John A.; Chock, Mona K.O. – 1976
A training component for administrators and counselors was developed in Phase IV of a five-phase career education project for the State of Hawaii. Three goals were specified for Phase IV: (1) To develop a model for training school administrators and counselors in their role in career education, (2) to develop and test a set of materials for use by…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Career Education, Counselor Training, Educational Objectives
Shefrin, Carol; Shafer, Dehra – 2000
This document presents materials about and from a project that was undertaken to continue development and implementation of training in content areas needed by Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) staff of ABLE-funded programs in Pennsylvania. The report details the project objectives, procedures, and outcomes, which included the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Students