The author traces the development and use of an effective training package (slides, tape, and a workbook), examines how the increasing use of this method will change the role of the training officer, and introduces a new BACIE course on producing training packages to be offered in April, 1975. (Author/AJ)

While graduate programs in instructional design provide education in communications theory, media research, information systems, motivation theory, and behavioral and cognitive psychology, practice in the field often reflects a more pragmatic approach. In October 1985, Training Magazine surveyed thousands of training professionals responsible for…

This manual offers detailed guidelines for parent group trainers who conduct workshops on problem solving, math, and science for parents of young children. In addition, discussion starters, a list of hands-on activities, directions for drawing and using a poster, and learning activities for children are described. Counting books are briefly…

Containing many handouts for parents, this manual for parent group trainers provides guidelines for conducting workshops on the nature and value of young children's play and on regulating children's television viewing. In addition to the guidelines, the manual offers basic information about play, suggests hands-on activities, and provides a list…

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…

Young athletes need to be aware of the importance of good nutrition to athletic performance. A basic diet plan, worked out with a physician to satisfy energy and weight needs, is essential. The best eating schedule and amount and type of food varies with different sports depending on the intensity and duration of physical activity. Weight control…

The article polls thinkers and trainers in sales training and offers a state-of-the art compilation of their views. (MW)

The purpose of this study is to describe a positive supervisory experience from the supervisor's point of view. Four field interviews with supervisors responsible for training and evaluating professionals were subjected to phenomenological content analysis. Unlike the methods of experimental science, phenomenological analysis seeks to determine…

The "Hip Pocket Guide Trainer's Handbook" offers a training design, suggested procedures, and a complete set of materials for conducting a workshop or training program on planning and evaluation using the "Hip Pocket Guide to Planning and Evaluation" as a participant workbook or text. The training design incorporates a variety of active learning…

Following an introductory survey of the course, this modular drug abuse trainer's manual contains all course-specified materials. These materials are: the course goals and objectives; time/activity sheets; trainer guidelines, process notes, and exercise instructions; detailed lectures and supplementary information. The time/activity sheets contain…

THE T-GROUP IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT MEMBERS IN REEDUCATING THEMSELVES TOWARD IMPROVED SKILL IN HUMAN RELATIONS. MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO DEVELOP THEIR GROUP TOWARD CONSENSUS WHICH WILL SUPPORT THE PERSONAL GROWTH AND LEARNING OF EACH MEMBER, AND THEN, THROUGH ANALYSIS, EVALUATE HUMAN EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN THIS PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT. THE TRAINER DENIES…

This trainee's manual is designed to assist those helping professionals responsible for the vocational rehabilitation of drug abusers, including counseling, job development, and job placements. The learning modules focus on the following areas of concern: (1) client assessment, treatment planning, vocational guidance and counseling, and ancillary…

A formative review of the Interim Version of the "Social Conflict and Negotiative Problem Solving" system, conducted November 19-21, 1975 in Portland, Oregon is presented. The purposes of the review were to obtain expert opinion on the quality of the system's theoretical base and training materials, and to secure recommendations…

This book assesses the nature, advantages, and limitations of the nondirective or community development approach to social betterment. Two advantages are claimed for this approach: people are more likely to act on what they have freely decided to do than on what others have tried to persuade them to do; through participation in the process of…

Sponsored by the Ford Foundation, workshops for trainers of trainers of teachers in adult basic education were held in the summer of 1965 at the Universities of New Mexico, Maryland, and Washington. Administrators, supervisors, university faculty, and teachers (155 in all) were trained; each workshop had its own approach and developed its own…