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Kutsch, Gerhard – 1978
In this paper, one of a series of Unesco technical reports, the author examines the idea of "technical cooperation among developing countries" (TCDC) and how it might lead to a "new international economic order" (NIEO). The first part of the paper contains a short history of TCDC. TCDC is seen by many as a self-help cooperative…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Development
Estrin, Judy; And Others – Training and Development Journal, 1987
Four authors who have experience with contract training present their recommendations for those who want to become contract trainers. Topics covered include program design, audience analysis, and marketing the trainer. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consultants, Contract Salaries, Industrial Training
Peer reviewedHamilton, Edwin – Journal of Negro Education, 1985
Describes the past and present involvement of American universities with Nigerian universities. Proposes ways in which Black American universities might provide technical assistance to Nigerian universities and presents a model for development of a program of assistance. (KH)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation
Peer reviewedGibb, Allan A. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1987
Outlines programs in the United Kingdom (UK) designed to encourage the starting of small businesses. Successful programs help entrepreneurs obtain financial support, get business training, and develop a business plan. Recommends emphasis on personal competency and motivation training as well as shorter courses. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Entrepreneurship, Financial Support
Peer reviewedVivian, Jack – Impact of Science on Society, 1981
Describes the cost advantages of air transportation over road, rail, and river transportation in many circumstances which prevail today in developing countries. Presents accounts of International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO's) efforts supporting civil aviation programs in these countries. (DS)
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Aviation Technology, Developing Nations, Financial Support
Holmes, Manford L. – 1979
This paper describes the nature of the relationships developed between the technical assistance team of the Documentation and Technical Assistance (DTA) Project and members of a Chicago (Illinois) school district staff with whom the DTA worked. First, the methodology with which the technical assistance work was studied is described, as is the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship, Interprofessional Relationship
Holmes, Manford – 1977
This paper compares the usefulness of documentary (written materials) versus face to face delivery of information in helping to bring about urban school improvement. The paper is based on the experiences of the Documentation and Technical Assistance Project (DTA) of the Center for New Schools (Chicago, Illinois), a program that aims to increase…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination, Information Sources
Holmes, Manford – 1977
This paper describes the implementation of technical assistance strategies to enhance urban public school improvement in the Oakland, California, and Chicago, Illinois, school districts. The assistance strategies were developed under the Documentation and Technical Assistance Project (DTA) of the Center for New Schools in Chicago, and implemented…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Utilization
Schensul, Stephen L. – 1977
In 1976 and 1977, the New York region team of the Documentation and Technical Assistance Project (DTA), Center for New Schools (Chicago, Illinois), conducted 12 seminars on major issues concerning school improvement, based on observations by documentation teams in nine school community sites. The information is then disseminated to technical…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedWeiner, Denise – Science, 1982
The Office of International Science provides programs to determine how science and technology can be used effectively by developing nations. Programs include: a global committee on the subject, publication of a newsletter, sponsorship of symposia and meetings, and invitations to foreign students to attend American Association for Advancement of…
Descriptors: College Science, Developing Nations, Engineering, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedTurnage, Janet J. – American Psychologist, 1990
Reviews the status of new workplace technologies. Discusses the impact of these new technologies on individual employees, on management methods, and on organizational structure and design. Discusses the role of industrial psychologists, and how they might contribute to systematic research aimed at productivity improvement. (JS)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computers, Industrial Psychology, Labor Force Development
Turner, Judith Axler – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
University extension services, patterned after agricultural extension services, collect and disseminate results of new research and go to businesses and industry to help solve technical and other problems. They are offered by many state and land-grant universities and some private institutions but are not well known. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Role, Consultants, Extension Agents, Higher Education
Simon, Elaine – 1978
This volume describes the evolution and implementation of the Junior High School Network Project (JHSN), one of nine programs selected by the Documentation and Technical Assistance (DTA) Project as demonstration sites for enhancing the problem solving capacities of urban schools. As described, the original proposal for the JHSN was directed toward…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Junior High Schools
Edmonds, Ronald R. – 1981
In accordance with research into what makes schools effective, efforts were made to translate the findings into a school improvement project in the New York City Public Schools. The research isolated five characteristics of schools identified as effective (that is, as demonstrating for 3 years the ability to deliver basic school skills to the full…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs, Institutional Characteristics
de Silva, Leelananda – 1984
This eight-chapter book provides information on Official Development Assistance (ODA), its importance in relation to developed and developing countries, and its prospects and limitations. Major areas discussed include: (1) the institutional evolution of development aid; (2) forms of ODA, including project aid, program aid, bilateral aid,…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Finance Reform, Financial Policy
