Discusses the needs of teachers in terms of content and method. (RK)

Details education plans in a United Europe set forth by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Council of the International Institute for the Management of Technology, London, England. (DS)

Results of the field studies show that Head Start children who received training in classification are able to form more groupings and thus have acquired more classification skill than children who participate in the regular Head Start program with no specific additional curricular input. (Author)

Author suggests methods for professionalizing training and development in industry. (RK)

Reports the results of survey conducted among private employers and personnel managers in Birmingham, Alabama. (MB)

The author argues that curriculum design requires viewing the whole fabric of management training in its totality; individual training programs are created from this perspective. The challenge in this case is to build a coherent plan that will provide structure and unity to the whole management training program. (Author/SSH)

Skillful instructors in combination with well-designed and appropriate training programs are critical links in improving employee performance and increasing organizational productivity. Training directors use a variety of strategies to prepare competent, confident, and resourceful instructors. The author presents the essential factors to be…

Describes a study that analyzed the role of regular elementary classroom teachers in practicing individualized education programs for those special education students who were placed in regular classrooms. Also, considers the implications of the study for principals and supervisors. (JW)

The authors state that employers need to adopt a preventive orientation with respect to stress management and stress training. They examine the costs of stress, the stressed employee, the structure of a stress management program, training objectives, skill acquisition, sources of stress, learning new skills, feedback, and program evaluation. (CT)

Discusses the responses of 303 teaching assistants and faculty about their attitudes toward TA training. While respondents agreed that training should be practical, the concerns of native speakers differed from those of nonnatives, and the views of experienced faculty differed from those of younger respondents. (EKN)