Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate learners' attitudes to the use of simulation-based e-learning as part of workplace learning when socially situated interaction and blended learning are specifically included in the instructional design. Design/methodology/approach: Responses to a survey questionnaire of 298 sales personnel were…

Limiting, or nonconforming cases are good tests in research for extending a concept's reach and broadening generalisations, but the method is under utilised in the formation and assessment of educational policy. In this paper a rural town is described as a case, among others, not fitting policy regulations for "learning or earning" in…

Purpose: The purposes of this study were (a) to identify cognitive abilities and other factors related to successful completion of training for computer-based tasks that simulated real jobs and (b) to create a brief assessment battery useful in assessing older adults for these kinds of jobs. Design and Methods: Participants from three age groups…

Describes the Operational Review Program, a process for evaluating the activities of a training organization, and comments on the program's impact. (VT)

Methods of increasing learner participation in training design are discussed. (Author)

Proprietary schools can be of invaluable assistance in this time of crisis in education and the job market. They have tremendously effective training programs which prepare students for needed positions in a modern working world. (Author/AG)

Project Trainee Production-for-real puts the trainee on the assembly line the second week of his vestibule training. (EB)

This article is reprinted from BAEYC REPORTS, v10 n5 May, 1969 (MG)

Gives 10 commandments for partnership--guidelines that various agencies (local, state, and federal government; the educational community; community organizations; business, industry, and labor) could use to forge effective relationships under the Job Training Partnership Act. (SK)