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Luce, Charles F. – Training in Bus and Ind, 1969
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Industry, On the Job Training, Unskilled Workers
Joyce, Bruce – Elements: Translating Theory into Practice, 1980
Briefly describes a model of inservice teacher training that emphasizes the importance of coaching support for teachers who are implementing new teaching skills in their classrooms. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Models, On the Job Training, Teacher Improvement

Barron, John M.; Berger, Mark C.; Black, Dan A. – Journal of Human Resources, 1999
Employers pay higher starting wages to workers requiring less training, but do not give lower starting wages to workers requiring more training. Employers appear to pay most of the cost of and reap most of the returns to training. (SK)
Descriptors: Entry Workers, On the Job Training, Productivity, Training Allowances

Versloot, Bert M.; de Jon, Jan A.; Thijssen, Jo G. L. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2001
Seven case studies of Dutch organizations were used to analyze the relationship between organizational characteristics and types of on-the-job training (OJT) using contingency theory. When the type of structured OJT corresponded to the type of organization, the probability of effectiveness was greater. (SK)
Descriptors: Efficiency, Foreign Countries, On the Job Training, Organizational Effectiveness
Moore, Tony – Performance & Instruction, 1996
Includes three brief essays that offer practical pointers for managers who handle training for their organizations. Highlights include a training function checklist for executives; questions executives should ask about training; and the cost of unstructured, informal on-the-job training. (LRW)
Descriptors: Administrators, Check Lists, Costs, On the Job Training
Di Pierro, Marianne – College Student Journal, 2007
At Western Michigan University, the Graduate Center for Research, Writing, and Proposal Development sustains both doctoral students and graduate advising faculty through the doctoral dissertation process and represents one best practices approach that promotes persistence in graduate education--an especially important benefit, given the national…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Faculty Advisers, Teacher Student Relationship
Sustainable Development and African Local Government: Can Electronic Training Help Build Capacities?
Johnson, Hazel; Thomas, Alan – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2007
A recent study carried out by European and African organizations into the potential for electronic distance training (EDT) on sustainability in African local governments concluded that EDT was both "useful and feasible". This article reflects on some of the theoretical and practical implications of that study. It focuses on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Information, Sustainable Development, Local Government
Smith, Erica – Education & Training, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to examine the ways in which Australian companies can achieve high quality apprenticeship and traineeship systems in a time of labour shortage through close attention to the recruitment and development of apprentices and trainees. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on six qualitative case studies…
Descriptors: Recruitment, Trainees, Occupations, Labor Market
Knasel, Eddy; Meed, John; Rossetti, Anna; Read, Hilary – Learning and Skills Network (NJ1), 2006
This guide is aimed at anyone in work-based training who is responsible for learners during their first few weeks. Readers will (1) understand the value and purpose of initial assessment in key skills and Skills for Life; (2) become familiar with a range of techniques for the initial assessment; (3) plan an initial assessment system that is…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Trainers, Assessment Centers (Personnel), On the Job Training
Smith, Raymond – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report and discuss research that sought to explore how the individually purposeful nature of new employee workplace learning might be understood through its conception as epistemological agency, that is, the personally mediated construction of knowledge. Design/methodology/approach: Using a sociocultural…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Employees, Ethnography, Epistemology
Lee, Yew-Jin; Roth, Wolff-Michael – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight some methodological problems concerning the neglect of participants' voices by workplace ethnographers and neglect of the highly interactional and co-constructive nature of research interviewing. The study aims to use discourse analysis, to show the phenomena of workplace learning and expertise to…
Descriptors: Animals, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Interviews

Richardson, Jim; Bennett, Ben – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1984
Suggests that performance can be improved by discovering how one learns and performs in practice. Outlines a framework for integrating on- and off-the-job development activities, based on Kolb's cycle of problem solving. (SK)
Descriptors: Administrators, Cognitive Style, On the Job Training, Problem Solving

Salmon, John – Employee Relations, 1983
The author argues that shop steward training escalated during the 1970s due to a specific public policy strategy to restructure labor relations and collective bargaining at company and workplace levels. (Author/SSA)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Labor Education, Labor Legislation, On the Job Training
American School and University, 1984
Guidelines for grounds care equipment maintenance and operation include establishing a maintenance program, reviewing the service manual for each piece of equipment, engine tuneups, and training equipment operators. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Equipment Maintenance, On the Job Training, Safety
Baker, Lynn A. – Technical Education News, 1973
For further information on this environmental technology program, contact Dean Peter Mergenovich, Dean of Continuing Education at Forest Park Community College, 5600 Oakland Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63110. (MU)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Environmental Education, Environmental Technicians, Experimental Programs