Three employee assistance programs designed to combat employee drug abuse are described and evaluated. The author also provides guidelines to consider when designing a substance abuse program: consult all departments that can make a contribution; keep abreast of technical support; and seek outside help if there is no help available within the…

Kielhofner and Barris examine two existing proposals for knowledge organization and proposes a related but alternative approach. Based on this proposed structure, literature in the "American Journal of Occupational Therapy" over the past 10 years was reviewed and classified to reveal patterns and trends. Labovitz and Miller critique the…

Describes computer simulations that combine abstract and conceptual learning to help create an intense, content-rich learning opportunity grounded in experience and reality. Examines learning with intent, limitations of computers, features of a good simulation, and linking contextual and abstract learning. (CT)

Describes a program of effective interaction betwen colleges and industries designed to assist local and regional industries in dealing with layoffs or reduction in forces. (Author)

Reviews of professional literature identify characteristics of effective staff development programs and inservice activities. Purposes for staff development include: pedagogical growth and understanding and discovery of self as well as cognitive, theoretical, professional, and career development. (DF)

Describes the Weekend College (Wayne State University), arguing that quality of a television curriculum can be safeguarded if it meets requirements of good television and stands as an integral part of the classroom setting. Suggests ways to actively involve students in learning from television, discusses criticisms of television delivery and ways…

The developing field of cultural studies may provide a frame of reference for understanding the multidimensional nature of sport in society. Cultural studies may aid in understanding the relationship between sport, culture, and society. A framework for integrating cultural analysis and sociocultural criticism into professional schools of sport…

The authors approach the problem of meeting the educational needs of children through a common sense approach of relating those needs to useable curriculum programs. (Editor)

Transcultural training programs can provide several key solutions to some personnel development needs. Such training programs are designed to enable the participants to identify and understand their capabilities for dealing with the new environment of foreign countries. Effective transcultural training programs enhance awareness and adaptation,…

Work experience programs for youth can be a means of developing coping, decision-making, and problem solving skills, and other affectively oriented outcomes. The types of personal outcomes of career education and the means of fostering these are reviewed. (Author/JDS)

Offers a brief description of the overall activities and methods employed in Project SWEP and provides some detail on the ways in which a futures-orientation and methods associated with futures studies were used in the project. (Author/IRT)

Students of foreign language are being encouraged to learn and use a broad range of language learning strategies that can be tapped throughout the learning process. This approach is based on the belief that learning will be facilitated by making students aware of the range of strategies from which they can choose during language learning and use.…

Neighborhood Networks is a community-based initiative established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide residents of HUD-assisted or insured properties with programs, activities, and training promoting economic self-sufficiency. This booklet provides Neighborhood Networks centers information on successful models…

The North Carolina Outward Bound School uses the Principle-Process Course Design Model as a clear and logical structure for designing wilderness courses. The model begins by establishing the key processes that sequentially structure all wilderness courses and then defines their function within the structure of the school's organizational mission.…

In recent years there has been a strong interest on the part of universities, particularly in Latin America and Southeast Asia, to increase the percentage of their engineering faculty with doctoral degrees. Since there are relatively few doctoral programs in engineering in these countries, many universities would like to upgrade their current…