A study which illustrates a method for predicting how changes in selection criteria could affect training time and training costs in self instructional courses. (Author)

Intended for participants in the volunteer grandparents program, this manual briefly defines Head Start program purposes, goals, and recipients and describes training guidelines for volunteer grandparents and staff training coordinators. Training for the volunteer grandparent project is outlined in terms of volunteer service, personal…

Identification of psychological factors influencing team performance in the chemical, biological, and radiological defense (CBR-D) environment were identified by a system for task classification: (1) combining Herold's task demands and Holland's taxonomy of work environments and (2) describing the development and evaluation of team tasks. This…

Work supported in part by Public Health Service Grant 5tl MH-10276 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Research in microteaching at the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development resulted in a self-contained instructional package labeled the minicourse. Designed to train the teacher in a microteaching situation with self-evaluation only (providing the feedback normally assigned to a supervisor through evaluation forms), the…

Argues that general education, as opposed to liberal education, should be included in professional continuing education programs. (CH)

Outlines problem-solving steps and describes force-field analysis as a technique for diagnosing human resource development/training problems and needs. (SK)

This article provides an overview of the issues and problems in developing consultation skills and outlines a supervisory model that can be employed by practicum and internship supervisors interested in developing consultation skills. Reactions to the model are given by Jewelle Taylor Gibbs (cross-cultural perspective), Dick Dustin, and Walter B.…

The authors of this paper suggest that the increasing use of behavioral objectives in adult education is a symptom of a threatening economic and political climate; that behavioral objectives are incompatible with any new paradigm, any "new way of seeing," as represented by theories of andragogy and the concept of recurrent education.…

An 80-item checklist for developing a training program in small manufacturing plants is provided by the Small Business Administration to assist plant managers. (DS)

The increasing worldwide use of the metric system is leading the United States into abandoning the English system of measurement and undertaking the monumental task of converting to the metric system. Great Britain offers valuable training experience to the United States with their seven year lead into metrication. (DS)

Training plans which include suggested learning times; an indication of whether particular learnings would occur on the job, in the classroom, or both; individual study assignments; and evaluative measures of student performance are recommended for Home Economics Related Occupations cooperative programs to provide direction and meaning. (AG)

Author proposes a system of manufacturing management training where the return on investment can be measured in dollars and cents. (GB)

Profile training should be designed to develop the four basic interaction skills of situation analysis, interaction objective establishment, behavior planning, and behavior monitoring. (KP)

Criticizes the university-sponsored executive development programs as being designed more for the convenience of the institution than for the needs of the business man. (DS)