Workplace education curriculum models may be based on the functional context, ethnographic/student-centered, or participatory approach. Curricula based on the functional context approach focus on the abilities (functions) needed by workers at a specific worksite, and workers are unlikely to have much input in deciding what or how they will study.…

This guide contains information about apprenticeship programs in the skilled trades, especially in North Carolina. The guide, modeled in part on the "Ohio Apprenticeship Notebook," opens with a general description of the system of apprenticeship, including an account of the role of the North Carolina Department of Labor. The next section…

The article presents a model suggesting that the continuous flow technique can be applied to industrial training by applying production management techniques to skills training. (Author)

The Road Transport Industry Training Board has recognized that manpower planning was the key to estimating the industry's training needs. The effective training methods discussed are: management training, Group Training Associations, apprentice training, direct training, and mobile-training service. (Author/BP)

This document reports on a study of the training needs that result from actual or impending corporate takeovers, based on needs assessments at three corporations conducted by students as part of a university class over a period of 10 weeks. The first section describes the study's background and methodology. The qualitative research methodology…

Over a 5-week period 43 typical trainers in a nationwide corporation were observed to determine uses and abuses of training techniques. The adult educators who were observed were technically expert, but otherwise untrained. Factors that enhance or detract from training effectiveness were identified, specifically as regards organizing and…

The Production Control Training Program is a competency-based management training program currently in operation at the Defense Systems Division of Honeywell, Incorporated. Designed with the needs of the adult learner in mind, the program involves pretests and meetings between supervisors and individual staff members to identify individualized…

In a paper presented at the BACIE (British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education) national conference, the Training Services Agency director of planning and intelligence considers the agency's three major responsibilities: corrdinating the statutory industrial training boards, promoting training in other sectors, and administering…

The Manpower Services Commission chairman concludes the BACIE (British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education) national conference with comments on the effect of the Commission's establishment on other agencies, the need for a broad view of manpower and labor market issues, and an explanation of how the bureaucracy can function. (AG)

Project supported in part by grants from the U.S. Rehabilitation Services Administration (RD-1453) and the National Institute of Mental Health (5 ROL MH 14890-04).

Current training in writing for business and industry usually takes the form of short courses. However, the short course is an inappropriate way to teach writing because it is inefficient, represents writing behaviors or strategies inappropriate for some writers, rarely allows time for adequate criticism and revision, presents too much material in…

A TRAINING ABSTRACTS SERVICE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED BY THE BRITISH MINISTRY OF LABOUR TO REDUCE TO MANAGEABLE PROPORTIONS THE RELEVANT PUBLISHED MATERIAL ON TECHNIQUES, METHODS, NEW EQUIPMENT AND OTHER MATTERS PERTINENT TO INDUSTRIAL TRAINING. THE SERVICE PROVIDES WIDE COVERAGE OF BRITISH SOURCES AND SOME OTHER ENGLISH LANGUAGE MATERIAL, BUT NO…

THE PHILIPPINES HAVE A POPULATION OF 32 MILLION OF WHICH 60 PERCENT ARE ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE. RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS INVOLVED INCREASING STABILITY TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR GROWTH. THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IS BASED ON A 6-YEAR ELEMENTARY AND A 4-YEAR SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSE. SECONDARY EDUCATION IS PROVIDED AT EITHER A GENERAL SCHOOL OR A…

THE 1964 POPULATION OF KENYA WAS 9,376,000, MOST OF WHICH IS DEPENDENT ON AGRICULTURE. LAND REFORM AND FORMATION OF COOPERATIVES HAVE CHARACTERIZED RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS. GENERAL EDUCATION IS PROVIDED BY A 7-YEAR INTEGRATED PRIMARY SCHOOL COURSE. SECONDARY EDUCATION IS PROVIDED IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AFRICAN TRADE SCHOOLS, SECONDARY…