This report provides education leaders and policymakers with a lens to examine model professional development in education and the private sector. The purpose of this study was to increase understanding of how organizations support or fail to support a work culture that values ongoing education, and to better understand what comprises the…

Describes the science program devised by Cantonsville Community College to provide nursing and other paramedical students with an adequate knowledge of science. The program recognizes and attempts to remedy the weak science backgrounds of many students training for paramedical careers. (JR)

Describes a training program and a specific information strategy for police promoting substance abuse prevention. Discusses training components for a successful drug abuse presentation and selection of an appropriate prevention strategy. Presents a model of types of drug information. Discusses problems with negative attitudes and use of drug…

A study of psychology department statistics in the United States from 1970 through 1980 revealed little change over a 10 year period in the number of undergraduate majors, graduate students, faculty, and secretaries. Statistics are broken down by region, institutional character and size, and type of graduate program. (Author/APM)

The Community Learning Center Project, a multicultural training program, is presented as a successful model for the acquisition of culturally relevant social work practice competencies. Cultural pluralism is presented as the underlying framework for the project. The design and model of an evaluation study of the project are described. (Author/MLW)

Describes a project in Northern Ontario, Canada, demonstrating the feasibility of slow-scan television as a viable and low-cost communications medium for remote diagnosis and teaching. Slow-scan TV allows motionless pictures, such as X-rays, EKGs, charts, or photographs, to be transmitted over normal telephone lines. (JN)

Chief student personnel administrators for small/rural community colleges were surveyed to compare their student personnel programs to a major student development model, so as to provide for a basis for comparison of small college student personnel programs. A profile of chief personnel administrators of small colleges is described. (RC)

A training program on teaching skills for resident physicians in the East Tennessee State University College of Medicine is discussed. The microteaching method was utilized for practicing instructional techniques. Significant gains in teaching performance and in attitude toward participating in a teaching skills program were demonstrated.…

The article describes the relationship between the Hampshire (England) county Local Educational Agency (LEA) and the University of Southampton in the fields of adult education training and research. Diploma and degree programs and in-service programs for adult educators were planned and operated by the university in collaboration with the LEA. (MF)

Introduces an eight-step process for training social workers to become more effective multicultural practitioners. The first three steps--acknowledge cultural differences, know yourself, and know other cultures--are discussed and accompanied by experiential exercises to help practitioners recognize their own culture-bound beliefs, identify…

A model for a course for future human-service professionals. It uses scenarios to better prepare pre-professionals in social work, education, criminal justice, and health to serve as advocates for children and families, and to work together to address the challenges they will encounter. (Contains 2 figures and 11 references.) (WFA)

Discusses the training programs in library and information science at the secondary and higher educational levels that have developed in China in response to the recognition of the importance of scientific and technical information. The newly established department of library and information science at Sichuan University is described, including…

Looks at academic burnout from the perspective of the transplanted humanist teaching business communication. Describes disparities of fit between the quantitative methods of a business school and the qualitative approach of a humanist. (SR)

Emphasizes importance of educational technology in classrooms and presents action plan to utilize technology to improve American education. Identifies obstacles preventing utilization of technology to its fullest potential. Highlights leadership efforts of federal government to develop teachers' professional skills with new technologies. Suggests…

Explores the educational quality of the Postgraduate Awards Scheme in the Faculty of Strathclyde University (Scotland) that facilitates programs of continuous professional development through a flexible structure of credit accumulation leading to a postgraduate certificate, a diploma, and ultimately, a master's degree. (AEF)