This paper describes models that have been used in delivering initial and inservice teacher education in Jamaica over the last 30 years. These include: • The In-Service Teacher Training Thrust model of the 1970s and early 1980s that combined face-to-face instruction delivered during vacations and evenings and weekends to provide formal training for unqualified teachers. • The UWIDITE model, usi...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of concurrent training (CT) on serum leptin, cortisol and zinc concentrations in physically active adults. DESIGN Ten subjects aged (27.1±4.8 years, BMI 25.49 ± 2.65) were recruited to participate in three sessions: control session (CS), concurrent training 1 (CT1) and concurrent training 2 (CT2) sessions with five days of resting between them. In each ses...

Vouchers and Caseworkers in Public Training Programs: Evidence from the Hartz Reform in Germany This paper studies the role of training vouchers and caseworkers in public training programs. Using a rich administrative data set, we apply matching and regression methods to measure the effect of the Hartz reform in Germany, which introduced training vouchers and imposed more selective criteria on ...

INTRODUCTION The majority of countries have brought the quality of higher education into focus in the past few years. They have tried to improve the quality of their own higher education. The studies show that Iranian Universities are not at an accepted level in terms of quality. They have encountered several problems which have diminished their quality level. This study aimed at assessing the ...

Organizational culture is the main contextual factor that both directly and indirectly affects knowledge sharing among employees. There is no empirical research so far conducted on organizational culture of CBE that can inform selection of appropriate solutions from existing theoretical research. Our investigation found that risk avoidance is a key dimension of organizational culture that promo...

There is an omission in the Funding section. The correct funding information is as follows: This research was supported by the Pudong New District Health Systems Personnel Training Plan (NO. PWR1210–04) and Outstanding Leaders Training Program of Pudong Health Bureau of Shanghai (Grant NO. PWR1210-04). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, o...

A constantly changing and increasingly complex global environment requires leaders with special competencies to respond effectively to this scenario. Within this context, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) goes beyond traditional leadership training models both in terms of its design as well as its conceptual approach to international health. As an intergovernmental, centenary organiza...