A model that proposed dispositional influences on training-related aspects of motivation was developed. More specifically, the model predicted influences of the Big Five personality variables on motivation to learn and transfer motivation, while controlling for general attitudes toward training. The model was tested empirically, drawing on a…

People living with HIV/AIDS often need assistance in deciding whether or how to disclose their HIV status to others, and case managers are in a unique position to offer this assistance. The current study surveyed 223 case managers providing services to people living with HIV/AIDS in New York State. The survey was conducted anonymously, and case…

The paper examines the professional training of Principals of secondary schools in Nigeria. The study observes that teaching experience appears to be the major yardstick that is being used currently to promote teachers to the rank of school Principals in the country. After drawing experiences from some other countries on how Principals are trained…

In the process of their professional training, future schoolteachers see their future activity as one that is extremely difficult and noble, a labor that is of permanent value, creative, in keeping with the aims of the development of the child, fosters the teacher's self-development, and so on. In this article, the author explores a number of…

Discusses the reconceptualization of clinical psychology as a specialty within human services psychology that is concerned with the promotion of well-being through acquisition and application of psychosocial knowledge about treatment and prevention of psychological and physical disorders. Also proposes changes in the organization of professional…

A significant relationship exists between students' attitudes toward teaching and their performance during training. (CK)

What ETV, ITV, and PTV must do to attract, train, and keep good people." (Editor)

Cites the need for training for managers of broadcasting organizations and describes a two month course offered by the BBC. (BD)

It is not conceivable that young people can acquire social status without a general education and professional training. By developing a person's socially significant natural talents, abilities, and personal inclinations, the system of education is preparing him or her not only to take part in production activity but also to become a full-fledged…

Studies of the problem of the professional training of future specialists have explored the essence, content, and structure of professionally oriented technologies of instruction. The most important characteristics of such technologies are: successfulness; economy (the amount of material that is effectively learned in a unit of time); ergonomic…

When it comes to security, many people do not know what they do not know. Consider for example, an administrator who leaves her password taped under her keyboard, or a teacher who doesn't change his password (ever!) or can't be bothered to log out or lock the computer, all the firewalls and antivirus programs in the world will not protect a…

This paper offers tips for working with interpreters in mental health settings. These tips include: (1) Using trained interpreters, not bilingual staff or community members; (2) Explaining "interpreting procedures" to the providers and clients; (3) Addressing the stigma associated with mental health that may influence interpreters; (4) Defining…

A population-level approach to deliver parenting and family support is a necessary but neglected approach needed to reduce the high prevalence of emotional/behavioral problems in children, decrease inadequate and potentially abusive parenting practices, and to provide improved parenting support to all parents within a specified population. We…