Debunks 10 myths about instructor training: platform skills are supremely important; enthusiasm is essential; technical people are terrible instructors; practice makes perfect; videotaping improves skills; watching good instructor is good way to learn; student evaluations will improve instructors; good instructors can overcome bad design; good…

Describes a San Diego Community College course on teaching techniques for vocational instructors. The course features six teaching competencies: (1) organizing course content, (2) using various instructional delivery techniques, (3) understanding the adult learning process, (4) using instructional media, (5) giving effective tests, and (6)…

This reference manual is designed for Peace Corps volunteers who are involved in teacher training in developing countries. It is to be used with the Teacher Training Guide that accompanies it. The first chapter discusses differences between the educational systems of the host country and that of the United States. It prepares volunteers for their…

This study explored effects of teaching three novice trainers to teach three parents to implement milieu teaching with their preschool children who had language delays. Results demonstrated improved skills among trainers and increased use of the procedures by parents. Two of the three children showed increases in their targeted language responses…

The manual is a guide for trainers who will be leading classes (10-12 hours) in techniques of teaching for clinical instructors in the allied health professions. An adaptation of the Training Within Industry "Job Instructor Training" manual, it is designed to assist instructors to teach in an organized, efficient manner. Preliminary class…

Designed for the full-time, professional trainer, this manual is intended for use as a resource in conducting a short course for occasional instructors in the fundamentals of training. It is written in a modular format so that users can select those modules, or parts of modules, that meet the specific needs of their target audience. Trainer's…

The current Navy instructor-training system is analyzed and recommendations made for the 1975-85 period. Six formal instructor-training schools are discussed. Included in the analysis are instructor selection and assignment, Instructor Training School staff, instructor training curriculum, instructor evaluation, instructor effectiveness,…

Predicated on the notion that workers will need to transfer new skills to a variety of situations, this document is intended to teach industrial trainers in Britain how people learn and how to train individuals to become independent learners as well as capable performers of specific job skills. The first section of the book is a mixture of…

Intended as a practical introduction to training for British business people whose jobs involve providing training but who are not full-time trainers, this document discusses the principles of effective instruction and the practical implications of such instruction. The introduction: (1) argues that effective instructors are made, not born; and…