Twenty-eight different courses in Britain, Europe, and the U.S. were examined, most of which involved participants only as passive members of an audience listening to a lecture or watching a demonstration. Preferences were for a workshop design that is flexible, learner-oriented, and encourages individuals to study themselves in a learning group…

The National Association of College Stores has for 31 years offered intensive formal training in bookstore management. The NACS Management Survey/Management Seminar, Booksellers School, and Advanced Seminars on Personnel Supervision and Financial Management are described. (LBH)

Elements to be included in a systematic approach to helping managers in their work and in the process to obtain relevant learning are outlined, along with methods of handling the interaction between the work pressures on managers and trends in the business environment. (MF)

This paper offers an overview of the Kohlberg theory and describes the curriculum materials, teaching process, and the techniques for teacher training used in the research design for the Values Education Project. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Meeting, Chicago, 1975. (Author)

This article defines competency-based education for consultant trainees and describes some of the more common approaches used in identifying, organizing, classifying, and evaluating competencies that training programs seek to develop in consultants-in-training. The differences in the delivery systems for CBE and more traditional training models…

A review of programs designed to prepare both Third World and Western journalists for worldwide careers in the media is presented. The need for journalism training is noted and consideration is given to formal and informal programs, internships, observation tours, awards, and programs abroad. (LBH)

The potential of nurse practitioners as clinical instructors of physical examination skills is discussed. A new first-year medical school course in physical examination designed and implemented at the University of Arizona College of Medicine is reported. (Author/LBH)

While there would seem to be a predisposition of body type that would influence the individual's ability to perform in an event, it may also be that the training procedures for those specific events are common to both men and women athletes.

Describes the development of a training program for salespeople (trainees and managers) called Dimensional Sales Training (DST). It is noted that DST is designed to increase sales, build skills, and improve performance, while providing a systematic process of collecting data for measuring program effectiveness. (EM)

Reviews the area of on-the-job training or retraining as a helping relationship between supervisor and subordinate and gives three basic requirements for effective interaction: (1) on-the-job training involves both the supervisor and the employee, (2) the supervisor must create a climate a trust, and (3) the supervisor must be a good listener. (MF)

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A severely intellectually delayed and physically handicapped 18-year-old woman was taught a direct select color encoding strategy as a potential means of increasing the available vocabulary on her communication board using a "chained matching-to-sample" procedure. The skill was maintained and generalized to new exemplars. (Author/DB)

Describes patterns observed in the on-the-job training of copy and original catalogers, noting similarities and differences, and provides recommendations for both the training of new staff and continuing education for experienced staff. (CLB)

Describes the decentralization of original cataloging responsibilities that resulted from the development of an online catalog in an academic library, and a training program for the public service librarians responsible for cataloging. The importance of having cataloging conform with national standards is emphasized. (CLB)