Discusses four decision-making models and applies them to the evaluation of staff development programs. (SR)

Claims that multimedia publishing will become an important part of the 1990's classroom and that impersonal technology can create a rich, collaborative learning environment. The author's successful educational media workshops were based on cooperative and self-directed learning, pride of authorship, and a scavenging approach to assembling…

The Greenwich (Connecticut) Public Schools have developed a six-step cooperative education training design: (1) an overview combined with hands-on experience; (2) training on work time; (3) inschool support; (4) visible and continuing district support; (5) expanded training opportunities to meet increased interest; and (6) development of training…

When teachers promote rote memorization as a single strategy, they foster only limited, short-term information retention. Elaboration strategies (creating analogies, paraphrasing, and summarizing) are stressed by the Cognitive Learning Strategies Project at the University of Texas. Includes three references. (MLH)

A survey found that many of British nurses (n=717) had inadequate knowledge and attitudes about people with AIDS. Educational programs should include the following content: attitudes/stereotypes, safer sex and infection control, confidentiality, epidemiology and statistics, and signs, symptoms, and progression of the syndrome. (SK)

Developing technology literacy for faculty, staff, and students is critical to a successful technology program. The technology inservice program designed for a Selmer, Tennessee, high school addressed core skills, best adult-learning practices and places, and evaluation considerations. Creating a small room dedicated to continuous technology…

The Ohio Valley Appalachia Regional Geriatric Education Center tested a proficiency assessment tool with 779 previous workshop participants (27 percent responded). The instrument successfully identified 10 of 27 predictors of attendance at a geriatrics workshop. (SK)

Since its 1980 sexual harassment guidelines went into effect, a vocational technical high school in Lexington, Massachusetts, has actively educated its staff and 700 students about sexual harassment. The program involves a discipline policy included in the school's "Handbook for Parents," a first-year seminar, staff inservice training,…

To reduce teacher isolation and encourage sharing of expertise, schools should consider brief workshops or 15-minute "micro-shops" on various topics ranging from making electrical circuit boards to setting up a salt-water aquarium. This article and accompanying sidebar discuss benefits and set-up strategies. (MLH)

Experienced trainers can foster professional values and attitudes in other trainers by facilitating reflection in action--a process of examining assumptions underlying practice during practice. Techniques such as curriculum review and videotaping provide opportunities to critique performance. (SK)

Differentiates among three levels of teachers' curriculum knowledge as autonomous consumers, consumer-developers, and autonomous developers. Most teachers studied were unfamiliar with curriculum terminology, history, theory, and methods of comparing and evaluating materials. Student teachers must take curriculum courses, and inservice programs…

Thirty-two vocational special needs paraprofessionals who attended a training certification workshop significantly increased their knowledge of and concern for special needs students. A comprehensive training model encompassing 12 special needs categories was developed. (SK)

To update hospital staff, a module was developed for joint learning by nurses and medical students. Evaluation showed there is a need to recognize cultural and organizational differences in order to improve cross-disciplinary communication and have a positive impact on clinical practice. (SK)

At the University of Dundee (Scotland), distance learning is used to provide inservice opportunities for nurses and midwives. The modular courses feature problem-based and work-based learning, text-based study guides, and strategies to provide continuous learner support. (SK)

Illinois extension educators (n=95) who were reappointed after restructuring faced changes in subject matter, service area, primary contact group, and targeted clientele. Job performance was negatively affected by changes in primary contact group and targeted clientele, and by anxiety after reappointment. (SK)