Purpose: The population, and needs, of informal carers is changing, reflecting not only the changing demographics across Europe, but also the unequal challenges and opportunities for education and training—and official approval of competences—across Europe for people involved in the care sector, formal as well as informal carers. Theory: The objective of this European project (Austria, France, ...

Gatekeeper training is a core strategy of the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Suicide Prevention Act of 2004. Using data gathered from school-based gatekeeper trainings implemented by GLS grantees, this analysis examines training and gatekeeper factors associated with (1) identification and referral patterns and (2) services at-risk youths receive. Time spent interacting with youths was positively c...

This review covers the contributions of cognitive trainings to stability in cognitive, everyday, and brain functioning across adulthood. For these functional domains, relevant types of empirical evidence were defined for training-induced enhancement in absolute, differential, and dimensional stability in the light of developmental decline. The state of research regarding these types of evidence...

Als Wissensvermittler aus dem Bereich Requirements Engineering arbeiten wir SOPHISTen stetig daran, die Vermittlung von Fachwissen zu verbessern. Dabei entstanden Trainings nach dem Blended Learning Ansatz, bei denen in einer Onlinephase deklaratives Wissen selbst erarbeitet, und in einem abschließenden Workshop auf die Praxis übertragen wird. Im Folgenden stellen wir Ihnen den theoretischen Hi...

This paper gives a basic guideline for the development of trainings using serious games. It describes a framework for the training with serious games. It shows how to define a training goal and describes the process of learning to reach this goal. It points out a methodology how to design successful trainings with serious games.

Purpose Empathy-trainings, which are (a) theory-based, (b) for all healthcare professionals (HCPs), (c) for all stages of education/training and, (d) focused on experienced-based learning, are still rare. This German-Israeli study describes the format of an innovative empathy-training, incorporating these elements. Evaluations of eight trainings with integrative care students, nursing students,...

This paper focuses on usefulness of Association Rule Mining in Education and Councelling.Knowledge extracted using ARM will be helpful in decision making for students to determine courses chosen for industrial trainings. In this paper, we are deriving preferable courses for pursuing trainings for students based on course combinations. Here, two measures are used for deciding the usefulness of a...

We use an RCT to evaluate the impact of a gender and business training for female clients of a microfinance institution in northern Vietnam, and consider the impact on business knowledge, practices and outcomes, as well as firm entry and exit decisions. In addition, we vary the nature of the intervention by inviting husbands to participate in the trainings for a subsample of the treated centers...