This book, written for trainers as well as for persons who occasionally provide training in a work setting, is organized in three parts. Each fact is individual, although there is some cross-referencing. "Running Staff Training Groups" focuses on the way in which trainers can use action learning methods such as role play to impart their…

This document contains in-depth descriptions and assessments of 17 exemplary employer-based training (EBT) programs that were studied as part of an examination of EBT programs. The case studies are based on site visits to each firm, during which interviews were conducted with company management, supervisors of workers in training, individuals…

The research documented in this report builds on earlier work in the 1980s in the area of on-the-job experiences in developing effective leaders. The current study was designed to answer the following: (1) What are the significant events from which African American managers learn and develop? (2) Are the key events and lessons learned different…

BRAC (formerly Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), the largest Indigenous nongovernmental organization in the world, has a unique teacher training program in rural Bangladesh. Almost all BRAC teacher-trainees are rural women, who must have completed at least 9 years of schooling. Trainees spend only 12 days in initial basic teacher training…

Shift in emphasis to career objectives rather than immediate placement urged. (Editor)

A Kansas City community college offers a conglomerate of skill training programs without cost to the people who most need them. (Author)

Paper is continuation of an article on training within insurance and attempts to show the value of a systematic approach to on-the-job training and to prove that the methods discussed in this paper enable training to a high degree of accuracy to be effected in a short time. (Author)

A paper presented at annual conference of National Association for the Teaching of English (7th, University of Exeter, England, April 10-13, 1970); an expanded version of Take the Training Where the Teaching Is" (TE 200 600), English Quarterly," vol. 3, no. 1 (Spring 1970), pp. 73-8. (RD)

Describes a pilot program planned by the Housing Development Corporation of Chester, Pennsylvania, funded through OEO and the Pennsylvania Bureau of Human Resources, Department of Community Affairs. (JM)

A paper presented at annual convention of Canadian Council of Teachers of English (2nd, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, August 1969). (SW)

Describes a 15-month experimental inservice program for training library assistants which was undertaken in 1978 by the University of Mauritius with the financial help of the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC). The need for short-term courses, IDRC aid, and course content are among the topics discussed. (Author/JL)

In the English Language Training Unit of the Bank of Canada, the duties performed by an individual worker are examined closely and a language-use profile developed. Authentic recordings of specific problematic occupational situations are used and found to be highly motivating in training. Examples of exercise discourse are given. (MSE)

Describes a contracted community college vocational program in which a local business or industry provides 12 hours of instruction per week to the student in conjunction with a minimum of eight credit hours of related on-campus instruction. (LRA)