Presents an overview of the Wang Word Processing Intelligent Learning Program on interactive videodisc, which is used at Eastman Kodak to train hundreds of word processing operators. Operation of the program is discussed in detail. (MBR)

Discusses an appropriate framework for sustainable development in the Third World that concurrently addresses the efficient utilization and management of natural resources. Areas considered include: human dimension; sustainable development; complexity of inputs; kinds of training; indigenous scientific capability; transnational issues;…

Efforts should be geared to making better use of existing institutional capacity and expanding new forms of training, opening up more opportunities for women and young people, shifting a greater share of the responsibility to private enterprise, ensuring better coordination between the education system and labor market requirements, and making…

Over the past two decades a number of African and Asian governments have experimented with various types of youth mobilization or employment and training schemes in trying to cope with rural youth unemployment. A critical appraisal is made of some of these in an attempt to establish criteria that productive employment programs for rural youth…

The author discusses various aspects of training and development: formal job-related training and development, the behavioral/cognitive split in informal learning on the job, workplace training inside and out, costs and benefits of workplace learning, and forces accounting for growth and decline in the training and development function in…

Addresses the role of the university in industry-education collaboration and presents a case study of collaboration between industry and a university-based interdisciplinary team. In this case study, the final training program and training staff were strengthened as a result of the collaborative field-testing process. (CT)

Explains why simulation is a particularly useful teaching device in areas in which it is important to tie together cognitive skills and motor skills into total performance. Discusses the many forms simulation can take in soft skills training and how simulations can shape perspectives. (CT)

Application of the schema theory may assist physical educators in the instruction of motor skills. This article discusses and applies the use of feedback and practice activity variation as methods of facilitating motor schema development. (DF)

The physical advantages of competitive training programs for children are positive if physiological factors of growth and development are observed. Implications for training are discussed. (DF)

In the USSR, the state has taken the initiative in helping young athletes resolve the difficulties in dividing their attention between education and sport. The organization of youth sport training demands and the structure and organization of sports boarding schools and specialist classes are described. (Author/DF)

This study examines recent manpower training evaluation studies to illustrate how local program managers can evaluate their programs for greater program effectiveness. An evaluation model was developed to assess the long-term impact of specific classroom and on-the-job training programs on selected participants. Guidelines for program planning are…

Staff were taught use of training and self-management skills through a sequence of written instructions, videotaped and live modeling, rehearsal, and videotaped feedback. Results indicated that staff learned to use the training skills appropriately and consistently, applied the skills in the generalization situations, and maintained skills with…

Describes a curriculum developed as part of the Rural Sanitation Manpower Development Project to train new professional- and technician-level environmental health workers. Modules containing information required to perform tasks of a health worker at different levels of expertise were developed as a basic component of the curriculum. (BC)

Eighteen mentally retarded adults were taught pedestrian skills using either classroom or community training procedures. Community training procedures resulted in significant improvement from pretest to posttest; however no significant change was seen in the classroom group. (Author/MC)

Explores various issues, trends, and topics related to the impact and role of educational technology (particularly computers) on teaching and learning. Areas considered include how computers should be used, uses of such devices as interactive video for adult training, and the potential of artificial intelligence. (JN)