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)

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

The authors, both psychologists employed by a large British company, examine some of the difficulties that can occur when the training department of an organization is asked to train managers in the use of an appraisal program. (Editor/AN)

The common approach to interviewer training can do little to improve interviewer effectiveness, and a new approach is necessary. (AN)