Training and Development

In this qualitative study we sought to establish the usefulness of school based mentoring in the professional development of student teachers in Zimbabwe using schools in Masvingo urban as case studies. The central question guiding us in this study focuses on what student teachers and their mentors felt towards the current school based student teachers practicum supervision. Many contemporary authorities believe that an effective teacher training programme can be ensured when both the school and the college (department of teacher’s training) work in tandem. They argue that whereas the college plays a leading role during the days of classroom-based theory exposition, this leading role is subsequently ceded to the field or school-based mentor. In the college, students are fed with theoretical concepts of the teaching and learning process. But these theories mean nothing if they do not guide practice. How then can we ensure that theories guide practice? Traditionally teaching practice ...

In this paper, we describe the current challenges to the effective management and preservation of research data in UK universities, and the response provided by the JISC Managing Research Data programme. This paper will discuss, inter alia, the findings and conclusions from data management training projects of the first iteration of the programme and how they informed the design of the second, paying particular attention to initiatives to develop and embed training materials.

Human resource is the most valuable assets of any organization nothing gets done without man-power. Any organization that wants to succeed, and to continue to succeed, has to maintain workforce consisting of people who are willing to learn and develop continuously. People the human resource are considered by many to be the key and most important resources of an organization especially in education sector. The effectiveness and success of an education sector therefore lies on the people who form and work within the sector. So, human resource of an organization is the determinant for the realization of its goals (Ladled chi et al, 2008) as cited in (Mengistu Beyazen, 2011). Training and developing human capital is tremendously important in the effective management and maintenance of a skilled workforce. Training is one of the ways of improving organization’s effectiveness. In education sector importance of training and development is inevitable. Ethiopia made significant progress in e...

This paper provides a case study of massive open online course (MOOC) for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). The research studies the obstacles, challenges and usability issues entailed in the management of a novel MOOC for AR and VR training. The electronic learning form of MOOC has been adapted and made available for a number of universities and organizations. It brings learning opportunities for university students and industrial professionals to go through online-based courses on their own pace, and some MOOCs provide certifications for specialized subjects. However, the nature of working on AR and VR requires specialized equipment such as mobile tablets with high computing capability, workstation with fast graphic processing units (GPU) and head-mount-devices (HMD). This case study investigation outlines an overview of the potential obstacles and issues with the intention of how MOOC addresses best practices and the fundamental requirements of AR and VR training.

Bangladesh, one of the most emerging economies of the world, has taken a series of development initiatives on stride towards prosperity over the last 47 years of its independence. In response to this, recently she has undertaken a transformative and globally agreed agenda 2030 on the way to build a sustainable country. To translate the development aspirations into reality, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) has aligned the course curricula to create patriotic, competent and professional civil servants dedicated to public interest. The study aimed at analyzing whether the newly recruited civil servants are equipped enough to transform government development initiatives into reality. Here effectiveness of foundation training was critically evaluated by comparing the knowledge of before and after training and by examining their abilities to prioritize targets of SDGs. The study was both qualitative and quantitative in nature. Primary data was collected from all participants of the 66th foundation training course using a structured questionnaire on arrival and departure date. The results show that the Foundation Training has a significant impact on understanding and gaining knowledge regarding SDGs and selecting the area that should get preference while implementing SDGs. Standardized understanding about SDGs among civil servants, especially at entry level usually pick up the pace of its implementation and ultimately bridge the knowledge gap. This training will help them in implementing SDGs in the public sectors of Bangladesh.

... Lindsay Redpath, Centre for Innovative Management, Athabasca University, St Albert, Canada. ... and a consideration offered in exchange for it (eg accepting a position, foregoing other job offers), binding the parties to some set of reciprocal obligations (Rousseau and Tijoriwala ...

... Lindsay Redpath, Centre for Innovative Management, Athabasca University, St Albert, Canada. ... and a consideration offered in exchange for it (eg accepting a position, foregoing other job offers), binding the parties to some set of reciprocal obligations (Rousseau and Tijoriwala ...

According to recent Association of Research Libraries (ARL) statistics, the cost of employing a student assistant is approximately 25% of the hourly wage of a librarian (ARL 1997). From this cost perspective alone, there is a strong incentive for academic libraries to staff with student employees rather than librarians wherever possible. It appears student assistants will continue to be an integral part of many academic library departments. Nowhere else, however, is this more true than in academic media centers. Depending upon the scope of the collection and services offered by the particular media center student assistants perform a variety of functions vital to the day-to-day operation of the unit. Student employees assist users in setting up and operating audiovisual and electronic equipment, circulate and reshelve items, and conduct collection searches to retrieve a variety of materials often arranged in a complex fashion. Because student assistants often staff centers alone and...

The Religious Diversity and Anti-Discrimination Training Program provides a remarkable opportunity for participants of all walks of life to share opinions, concerns and needs of a variety of very real and practical issues such as the role of religion in education, accommodating religious practice in the work place, adapting social services to religio-cultural needs and limitations, engaging minorities in community development, negotiating the use of public space, gender relations, etc. Not only do participants report that the training influences their own roles in local decision-making, but the issues which they raise can be very informative for policy-makers. This Policy Brief, based upon feedback gathered systematically from participants and trainers, provides new insights and ideas to European policy-makers on emerging issues and possible interventions that need to be considered.

“The Indian Railways will become the growth engine of the nation’s vikas yatra”, said Hon. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. This journey of Indian railway buoys up around 20,000 of Railway porters (coolies) to earn their livelihoods and raise their children for a better life. But sometimes, in fact many a times, the heaviness of work and discomfort caused to one’s body is underestimated for a few bucks. In the long run, even if they succeed in earning 400 Rupees a day, a sound sleep will take its time because of the strain effects over body. At the origin or depart of our rail journeys, we often come across a familiar figure, most of the time in a red turn out having his head and shoulders resting heavy suitcase and baggage, endlessly running from one platform to another.

In the recent years, motivation has been a concept given special importance in management and employee motivation has been considered as a key factor in the success of companies. It is also known that companies spend high amounts of money on trainings each year to increase productivity and stay competitive in the face of global competition and rapidly changing environment. In this article the authors develop a model to investigate whether there is an impact of personal development trainings on the motivation of employees working in a small-sized multinational company in the Turkish pharmaceuticals industry or not. For this purpose, a survey is conducted among 81 employees of this company working both in the head office and in the field as a special case through a questionnaire. Obtained results with a response rate of 94 percent show that there is a strong positive relation between personal development trainings and employee motivation. As a general conclusion, this study presents a...

Regional Restoration Camps (RRC) are a training model (internationally recognized in 2014 with a Europa Nostra Award) that work towards dialogue and understanding by creating ‘safe spaces,’ within which participants focus on learning and applying knowledge — about heritage and about each other. The practical works of Camps are organized in a way to foster trust through team working and achievement that in turn enhances conditions for personal trust, greater togetherness and compassion. The camps are planned and implemented so that young professionals and crafts persons, both women and men, from Southeast Europe can meet and learn about each other and their respective cultural backgrounds. By fostering personal understanding, CHwB is contributing toward the creation of new cultural policies based on dialogue and works toward preventing conflicts like those the region suffered in the 1990s. Since 2007, there have been 32 Camps and the topics explored and studied have included building...

The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of design factors which consist of training content, training delivery, trainer competency and opportunity to use on small businesswomen's goal setting activities. The instrument for this research is adapted and modified from the Training Transfer Model and Model for Excellence (American Society of Training and Development Competency Research). Four independent

The purpose of this paper is to explore the means of building the capacity of those who are running an organisation designed to support and resource start-ups and growing micro enterprises among some of the world’s poorest urban poor. The project is based in Beira, Mozambique, one of the poorest countries in the world. The result of this study is the development of a model for providing ongoing, inexpensive, effective, capacity building in developing economies. The model also provides a base for the further development of strategies to provide better support to micro entrepreneurs in poor developing economies.

This policy brief was commissioned to identify general learnings and specific recommendations for the institutions of the European Union and for civil society organisations in Europe arising from participants’ engagements with the Belieforama (see http://www.belieforama.eu) training programmes on religion and belief diversity. It is informed by an English, German, French and Spanish on-line survey of over 360 Belieforama training participants conducted between February-April 2012 from which 110 responses were received. From a pool of individuals who had submitted survey responses but had also themselves have been involved in delivering aspects of the training, a sample of 18 individuals were interviewed online between April-June 2012 using Skype (where necessary, using interpreters). The researchers also reviewed reports from the e-Valorisation evaluation of the training; reports of user seminars and other relevant primary source materials such as trainer reports and trainee evaluations. Finally, in July 2012, a consultation took place in Brussels with representatives of religion or belief organisations and NGOs concerned with religion or belief on key aspects of the then draft Policy Brief document. The primary research findings were also brought into wider contextual interaction with findings from wider European research, including relevant Eurobarometer surveys and the European Values Study.