There is an untapped potential of social work faculty to conduct aging research aimed at enhancing the well-being of older adults. To better exploit this resource, we have designed, implemented, and evaluated a postgraduate training program in aging research. The goal of the program is to build and sustain a community of social work faculty…

Focusing on the developmental needs of early career postdoctoral fellows--the lifeblood of an internationally competitive research-intensive university--this paper suggests an inextricably linked, two pronged approach to improving research performance at Australian universities. The first is to reconceptualise post-PhD research pathways and in…

The journey that a practitioner takes into the realm of postgraduate research can be one that is sometimes filled with an unexpected cycle of security followed by doubt, and learning as a means of rediscovering a sense of security; there can be a continual sense of "coming back again" to familiar ground. This article is an autobiographical account…

Presents the official listing of accredited internship and postdoctoral residency programs. It reflects all committee decisions through July 16, 2006. The Committee on Accreditation has accredited the doctoral internship and postdoctoral residency training programs in psychology offered by the agencies listed.

The purpose of these "Guidelines for Education and Training at the Doctoral and Postdoctoral Levels in Consulting Psychology/Organizational Consulting Psychology" is to provide a common framework for use in the development, evaluation, and review of education and training in consulting psychology/organizational consulting psychology (CP/OCP). The…

This article examines the role of reflective practice in a growing culture of new managerialism and performativity which has emerged in schools in the Republic of Ireland over recent years. Ten student teachers participating in a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and 24 experienced teachers participating in a Master's in Education programme…

The Committee on Accreditation announces changes in the listing of accredited doctoral (clinical, counseling, school, and combined professional-scientific), internship, and postdoctoral residency programs in professional psychology. These changes update the listing in the December 2006 issue of the American Psychologist [see EJ751413].

The Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program instituted at doctorate-granting institutions across the U.S. provides mentoring and guidance to doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers interested in academic careers. The seminar curriculum content focuses on exposing participants to skills and knowledge for successful pursuit of faculty careers…

This document outlines the activities of Dr. David Madsen during one year as a USOE postdoctoral fellow at the University of California. During this time he completed a 40-page study entitled "Daniel C. Gilman: President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington" and an essay "On Preparing the Doctoral Dissertation." Work was continued on an…

This postdoctoral fellowship report describes activities intended to develop the analysis of the concept of critical thinking. These activities included eight courses at the Berkeley campus of the University of California in logic and philosophy, as well as the presentation of two seminars on the concept of neutrality and on enumerative induction…

This postdoctoral program at the Research Laboratory of Electronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on the study of grammatical factors in sentence retention of short-term memory and included preparation of a paper on "Auditory Processing of Active-Passive Sentential Stimuli" as well as continued studies and readings in the…

This program was designed to prepare research specialists for public and private schools through a combination of credit instruction, non-credit instruction and seminars, and field work in various research situations. Thirteen fellows took part in the program, which covered one academic year and one summer session, and each carried out an…

"Doctorate Education in Canada: Findings from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2005/2006" is the third paper in a series of reports written by the Learning Policy Directorate of Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) and the Centre for Education Statistics of Statistics Canada. Each report presents an overview of doctoral…

The author describes her activities and accomplishments during a fellowship tenure and provides an assessment of the effect of the scholarship policy on her achievements. She concentrated on adult basic education (ABE) programs, literature, and research. Activities included participation in a workshop in adult basic education, and in meetings of…

The program consisted of a series of talks by invited speakers, informal meetings and addresses by fellows, meetings with U. S. Office of Education personnel, and a trip to Washington to meet with two members of the House Education Committee. Short evaluations written by each participant indicate that most of the fellows thought that the isolated…