A.I.D. Participant Training Program; The Transfer and Use of Development Skills.

Institution	Agency for International Development (Dept. of State), Washington, DC.
Titel	A.I.D. Participant Training Program; The Transfer and Use of Development Skills.
Quelle	(1966), (297 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Developing Nations; Educational Methods; Followup Studies; Foreign Students; Occupational Information; Participant Characteristics; Participant Satisfaction; Program Content; Program Evaluation; Program Length; Statistical Data; Surveys; Technical Assistance; Training; Transfer of Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Educational method; Erziehungsmethode; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Berufsinformation; Programmgestaltung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Technische Hilfe; Ausbildung; Training; Transfer
Abstract	Using interviews and questionnaire, this survey investigated aspects of the Agency for International Development (AID) training programs, participants' reactions, and subsequent uses made of training. Data were obtained on personal background and occupation, pretraining activities, actual program sojourns, and the aftermath. These were among the findings: (1) typically, former trainees were relatively mature (age 35), experienced men occupying administrative, technical, and professional positions in government service; (2) leading fields of training were agriculture, industry and mining, education, health, public administration, and transportation; (3) observation tours or combinations of methods predominated; (4) trainees were satisfied with selection processes and initial information on social and cultural patterns, but less so with other aspects of their preparation; (5) program length (preferably longer) was the main point in overall evaluations; (6) most trainees were satisfied with, and a majority have made effective use of, their training; (7) program length, participant involvement in planning, perceived career advantages, satisfaction, and relationships to AID were significantly related to utilization, but evaluations of nontechnical program aspects apparently were not. (ly)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC