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Mohlman, Georgea G. – 1982
This paper consists of an examination of current thinking on the factors influencing teacher training effectiveness and of a report of preliminary findings from a study of inservice teacher education. Previous research identifies five major components of training common to most inservice programs as presentation of theory, demonstration or…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Educational Research, Inservice Teacher Education
Novak, Kathy – 1980
Based on a survey of former fulltime homemakers in the Reading, Pennsylvania, area, this handbook was designed to provide a framework for resource persons to lead group sessions for women in transition. The material focuses on leading women to assess their skills and to discover which skills developed through homemaking can be transferred into…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Planning, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Interviews
Download full textCenter for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language and Orientation Resource Center. – 1982
This guide is designed to help trainees plan, conduct, and evaluate workshops to assist others in providing cultural orientation (CO) programs for refugees. CO is seen as a continuous learning process, involving a two-way exchange of information and skills. Awareness is developed of: (1) differences and similarities in behavior, attitudes, and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Cross Cultural Training
Wilson, Stephen; And Others – 1981
The Education Resource Center (ERC) is a community-based teachers' resource center located in Chicago (Illinois). Its conceptual base is broader than that of a typical teachers center as ERC represents a community-based social movement with a wider orientation than teacher training. ERC's policy board reflects community organizations and the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Art Education, Community Centers, Community Involvement
Gary, Lawrence E.; And Others – 1981
In response to the need to bolster research skills and research activity of faculty members in predominantly black colleges, the Mental Health Research and Development Center at Howard University began a three-year research and grantsmanship training program in 1978. The program has been funded by the National Institute of Education. Over 60…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Black Colleges, Black Teachers, College Faculty
McCarty, Dennis; And Others – 1979
Results of an evaluation of the first year of operation of the Campus Alcohol Education Service at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, are examined. The Student Alcohol Survey, which is primarily a program planning instrument and secondarily a source of information on program effects, was completed by 465 undergraduates. Responses…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholic Beverages, College Students, Dormitories
German Foundation for International Development, Bonn (West Germany). – 1980
A workshop on "Curriculum for Early Childhood Education," held in the summer of 1979 at the Kenya Institute of Education, aimed to familiarize participants with the problems facing early childhood education in Africa. Specific workshop objectives were (1) to familiarize participants with the psychological, social, political, and economic…
Descriptors: Child Development, Computation, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
McCarthy, Martha M.; And Others – 1978
Guidelines for using training materials that are designed to advance women's equity are presented. This resource manual accompanies materials developed by Indiana University and may be used in conjunction with training sessions for administrators and policy-makers in postsecondary institutions or by individuals or groups interested in equity…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, College Students, Course Evaluation
Lex, Louise; And Others – 1980
The goal of the 1980 Employment Project in Iowa was to expand nontraditional career options for women and high school girls. The two targeted areas were Des Moines and the Iowa Lakes Region. Project staff sponsored three meetings to help 237 women explore nontraditional jobs and training opportunities. Two intensive orientations to nontraditional…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Building Trades
Smith, Albert B. – 1980
A nationwide survey of 1,315 community colleges was conducted in 1979 to draw a profile of the colleges' staff development practices. A 12-page survey instrument asked respondents to: (1) identify the goals of the staff development program; (2) estimate the effectiveness of the instructional methods used in these programs, as well as the methods…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Evaluation, Financial Support
Jepsen, David A.; And Others – 1981
A study was conducted to compare the effects of three career guidance methods on eleventh graders' career exploratory and decision-making behaviors. The study involved 66 volunteers (reduced by attrition to 48) who attended one of three six-hour, one-day sessions: guided field trips; cognitive decision-making training; or behavioral…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Career Choice, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
Kapraun, E. Daniel; Coldren, Doris W. – 1979
At the Fayette Campus of Pennsylvania State University (which offers the first two years of baccalaureate education), volunteering faculty members are selected to serve as academic counselors during freshmen orientation on the basis of their student-orientation, motivation, realistic perspective on counseling objectives, and their willingness to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Freshmen, Counseling Objectives, Counselor Qualifications
Syracuse Univ., NY. Center for Instructional Development. – 1978
Information is presented on Project Advance, a cooperative program between Syracuse University and participating high schools that allows high school seniors to take regular college courses in their own school and at low cost. The illustrated booklet contains descriptions of the program in general, selecting and training of teachers, maintaining…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acceleration, Advanced Programs, College Bound Students
Sokol, Alvin Paul – 1977
A final evaluation (two interim evaluations were previously conducted) was made of Project ICE (Implementing Career Education), which attempted to infuse career education into elementary and secondary school curriculum in St. Louis. While the earlier evaluations concentrated on the elementary level, this third one assessed the program's operation…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Law, Alexander I.; Bronson, William H. – 1977
This guide was designed for trainers presenting inservice workshops for program evaluators, teachers, principals, curriculum specialists, and others responsible for school programs. It is keyed to a companion volume, the Program Evaluator's Guide (ED l42 563), the primary source for workshop participants. Developed under the California Evaluation…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators
