The aim of the study is to examine the methodological-theoretical construction bases for development mechanism of an integrated model for a specialist's training and teacher's conceptual-theoretical activity. Using the methods of generalization of teaching experience, pedagogical modeling and forecasting, the authors determine the urgent problems…

The objective of this paper is to examine the attitudes of administrative leaders and administrative employees concerning the training courses provided, as well as the impact of training on employee job performance at Yarmouk University in Jordan. The study is carried at a Malaysian small and medium enterprise (SME). Findings indicated that…

Not surprisingly, in an increasingly neo-liberal context of international competition for educational prestige, conversations about teaching and teacher preparation have taken hold across the globe. Further complicating these matters is that ideas about teaching, learning, and learning to teach cannot be understood or analyzed in a vacuum; that…

The internationalization of higher education globally continues to grow more and more towards commercialization and neoliberalism paths, despite growing concerns about the underlying consequences. Building further on our work and using Saudi Arabia as a national case, this article critically investigates how and in what ways the Saudi government's…

This paper presents a systems approach based on the work of W. Edwards Deming to system wide, high impact staff development. Deming has pointed out the significance of structure in systems. By restructuring the process of staff development we can bring about cost effective improvement of the whole system. We can improve student achievement while…

In the current economic crisis, higher education graduates need transferable professional skills more than ever. They need resourcefulness, an ability to work reflectively, a sense of civic awareness and an impressive curriculum vitae. This case study analyses how Dublin Institute of Technology's Programme for Students Learning With Communities…

Training of specialists raises the question of degree of specialization desired in light of the need for specialists to be flexible, self-sufficient, and have a broad base of knowledge. (AV)

Commissioner Marland discusses the cooperative roles community colleges and the federal government must maintain to make career education effective. (Editor)

U.S. Commissioner of Education Sidney P. Marland, Jr. proposes that occupationally-oriented curriculums begin in grade school. (Editor)

The focus of this study is on the need for demographic data about the process of research, development, and dissemination training within the field of education. (RB)

The author presents some basic viewpoints and a description of objectives related to training of the special teacher in the Netherlands. It is reported that the student teacher is confronted with problems related to three dimensions of his working situation: direct confrontation with exceptional children (the micro-task-field), responsibility for…

Preparing students for occupations of the 70s requires cooperation among all levels of education, government and industry. (HS)

Emory University's external management institutes for government and industry provided an ideal model for an in-house development program. (Editor)