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Triplett, Suzanne E. – 1981
The efforts of the Louisiana State Department of Education Bureau of Evaluation to provide a valid and useful system for evaluation is presented in this overview. The focus is on the quality assurance and control functions of the Bureau in evaluating educational programs, conducting evaluation research on issues relevant to education in Louisiana,…
Descriptors: Certification, Evaluators, Linking Agents, Professional Training
Jordan, Jerry; And Others – 1979
The purpose of the project was to develop and design a competency based curriculum in therapeutic recreation at the masters degree level, both for application and implementation at Temple University, and as a model that has the potential for adoption and/or adaptation by other colleges and universities involved in the provision of a graduate…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Higher Education
Jaster, Frank – 1981
The purpose of this study was to assess the long-term effects of a corporate training program in business and technical writing. Subjects were 135 employees who attended ten three-day workshops during the course of one year. The effects of the workshops were assessed in two stages: immediately after the training through an evaluation form and one…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Skills, Formative Evaluation, Interviews
Download full textNORGREN, PAUL H.; WARNER, AARON W. – 1966
THE NATURE AND APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS OF THE TECHNICAL SKILL OBSOLESCENCE PROBLEM WERE STUDIED AS A RESULT OF THE WIDELY ALLEGED OCCURRENCE IN RECENT YEARS OF DETERIORATION OF SKILLS AMONG PRACTICING ENGINEERS AND APPLIED SCIENTISTS RESULTING FROM THE MASSIVE EMERGENCE OF NEW SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE DURING THE PAST QUARTER CENTURY.…
Descriptors: Engineers, Improvement, Job Skills, Professional Training
WILDER, DAVID E. – 1967
FINDINGS FROM A STUDY OF RESEARCH ORIENTATION AMONG READING EXPERTS ARE REPORTED. WHILE INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH IS USUALLY DISCOURAGED BY HEAVY TEACHING LOADS, MEAGER RESEARCH FACILITIES, LACK OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND NONRESEARCH ORIENTED BACKGROUND, MANY EXPERTS HAD NOT ENGAGED IN RESEARCH EVEN UNDER FAVORABLE CONDITIONS. HENCE, RESEARCH…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Educational Researchers, Professional Training, Reading Research
CONNOR, WILLIAM H.; SMITH, LOUIS M. – 1967
RESEARCH WAS UNDERTAKEN WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF GAINING A PRELIMINARY UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONSEQUENCES THAT OCCUR IN THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS AS A RESULT OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE. THIS REPORT IS AN EFFORT TO DESCRIBE AN ON-GOING PATTERN AND TO DEVELOP MODELS OF ITS…
Descriptors: Professional Training, Research Methodology, Research Projects, Student Teachers
Ranta, Richard R. – 1980
Although effective faculty development programs rely heavily on evaluation and instructional techniques related to speech communication, very few faculty development centers have utilized the expertise of speech communication professionals. Speech communication professionals can do five things to improve their profession and to use their…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Professional Development
Johnson, Paul L. – 1980
This paper examines the relative impact of a professional education program compared to an inservice training program for evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of social work. There is controversy regarding the appropriate place of professional education and inservice training in program evaluation capacity building. Advocacy for inservice…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Inservice Education
National Center for Alcohol Education, Arlington, VA. – 1978
This workbook is to be used in conjunction with the Trainer Manual entitled Training Alcoholism Trainers. The program was developed to upgrade training design and delivery skills of inservice trainers in the field of alcoholism. The workbook contains all the handout sheets necessary for participant sessions. (Author/BMW)
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Inservice Education, Professional Training, Program Design
ADAMS, DEWEY A. – 1967
TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP FOR NORTH CAROLINA'S 43 COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AN ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HAS BEEN ORGANIZED AS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THE PROGRAM IS IN FOUR PHASES--ORIENTATION, IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrators, Community Colleges, Internship Programs
Kenny, John B. – Canadian Training Methods, 1976
This publication outlines recommended minimum competencies for training and development personnel, as developed by the Professional Development Committee of the Ontario Society for Training and Development. It is intended to provide basic checklists of necessary skills, knowledge, and behaviors for each of four categories of training and…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Competency Based Education, Minimum Competencies, Models
Seeger, Thomas, Ed.; Wersig, Gernot, Ed. – 1977
This is a collection of 14 papers presented at a professional association conference to explore the possibilities of how the Federation Internationale de Documentation (FID) could improve the education and training of information specialists. The subject was approached from four viewpoints: (1) professional aspects of education and training; (2)…
Descriptors: Conferences, Documentation, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
Marin County Public Schools, Corte Madera, CA. – 1971
This annotated bibliography lists 40 items, published between 1966 and 1971, that have to do with teacher aides. The listing is arranged alphabetically by author. In addition to the abstract and standard bibliographic information, addresses where the material can be purchased are often included. The items cited include handbooks, research studies,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Differentiated Staffs, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Personnel Selection
Beilin, Lois A. – 1974
The project described focuses on working towards improving the quality of curriculum, instruction and evaluation procedures in the New York City Police Department. The problems facing competency-based training programs are reviewed, as are the specific problems of the New York City program. Attempts to improve the present training procedure…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Decentralization, Police
Schafer, Michael I. – 1970
This monograph is concerned with the problems faced by junior colleges in serving a diverse student population and in employing a diverse faculty. In regard to these problems, suggestions made by several professionals in the junior college field for in-service faculty improvement are presented. In reviewing their suggestions for faculty…
Descriptors: Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Training, Teacher Education
