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Technical Training, 2008.
This paper discusses vocational training and its benefits.
1,781 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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The paper explains that today's society is leaning toward career and technical schools where they prepare individuals for today's job market. The paper discusses the merits of technical training that takes the place of college for the many high school graduates who lack the confidence and discipline to pursue their education at a university. The paper relates that many technical schools offer smaller classrooms, hands on training, career guidance, short term training, resume preparation, mock interviews, and job placement assistance.
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"College is not for everyone; therefore, technical training may be the best choice for the many high school graduates and college dropouts that lack the confidence and discipline that is necessary to pursue their education at a four to six year university. With added responsibilities, graduation from a traditional university is often a lifetime away and an immature individual may not be prepared for the real world. Doctors of Psychology, James Oelshlager and Robyn Coombs, state that "college students may experience a significant degree of stress as the result of these same developmental opportunities. Previous research has shown that college students report a higher rate of suicidal ideation than non-college students" ("Suicide and College Students"). Students become overwhelmed when they are away from home for the first time in their lives because they are faced with the reality that their parents are, not always, going to take care of their every need. All of a sudden they have to take care of their finances, laundry, cleaning, meals, and manage their time between school and work. Unfortunately, having feelings of distress can lead to suicide and for these individuals it is much easier to make a smooth transition into adulthood through a career school."
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Computer-Based Training, 2004.
Explores the field of developing multimedia computer-based training and Internet-based training systems.
4,633 words (approx. 18.5 pages), 16 sources, APA, $ 119.95
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This paper researches the opportunity, execution, and design process for computer and internet-based training applications. It looks at strategies and techniques for technical training, the advantages to businesses of computer-based and Internet-based training, and the best methods for building and managing a multimedia, e-learning delivery system.
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"Computer-based training (CBT) instruction is a diverse and rapidly expanding spectrum of computer technologies that can assist in teaching and learning particular skills or processes. In our modern society, the advantages provided by CBT enable bossiness?s to custom structure training procedures to their individual learner, and thereby reduce the time commitment, and expense of training classes. When an individual learner can learn at their own pace, without affecting the progress of teaching resources of an entire class, the learner becomes the master of his destiny. The learner can access CBT at their own pace, and often at various locations. The learner is free to use his or her own strength, and quickly proceed through exercises which they find simple, and spend more time on those lessons which do not fit well with the learner?s initial understanding."
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Employee Training and Development, 2002.
An overview of the advantages of employee training as well as the different types of training available.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 14 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper looks at employee training as a means of improving an organization and making it more cost-effective. This paper defines the different types of training, including technical, literal, video, and other types of training used to fulfill the needs of both employer and employee.
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Media Strategies in Corporate Training, 2007.
An analysis of whether different companies' use of new media training methodologies will result in measurably different outcomes in corporate training.
2,876 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 21 sources, APA, $ 85.95
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This paper discusses the use and implementation of new media strategies in the corporate training and educational environment. It discusses the strategies that should be employed when implementing corporate communication and training activities and the benefits and challenges that are associated with its use. The paper also looks at the need for expert technical administration if these strategies are to be implemented. Finally, the paper presents an experiment to determine if different companies' use of new media training methodologies will result in measurably different outcomes.
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Experiment
Results
Review and Discussion
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"One other issue that ought to be emphasized in a review of this experiment is that the theoretical perspective underlying new media technologies for corporate training (i.e., the pedagogical substratum) has been a much-overlooked aspect of new media implementation (cf., e.g., Govindasamy, 2001). For example, the benefit of visual information to supplement more traditional audio information (as used in old-style teleconferencing) is that, not so much providing a supplement to audio information, it can be used by group participants to evaluate the "communication availability" of other participants, thus providing "remote opportunistic communications" that are more commonly experienced in face-to-face (FTF) environments (Whitaker, 1995). This and other considerations are in need of further research and examination in order to more fully make use of the technologies for learning that are already at our disposal. In this regard, the current experiment has only touched the surface."
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The Canadian Training System, 2008.
This paper discuses the Canadian training system, which is shaped by the human capital theory.
1,055 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper explains that the human capital theory presents humans as a commodities that either attract or dissuade potential employers. The author points out that the success of the Canadian training system, whose goal is to prepare individuals for existing or future openings, depends on an accurate view of economic trends for various kinds of workers and skill sets. The paper states that the Canadian training system continues to refer to ideas of the 1970s or 1980s that becoming qualified in technical fields, presuming one's hard work and ability, will earn a secure job paying high wages and benefits; however, the Canadian training system is not geared to the problem of how to ensure labor flexibility and improved skills and education development of kinds suiting capital in the present labor market.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Adjustments to be Made
Planning a Future
Concluding Remarks
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"Canadians are given a myth of needing to prepare for the new economy; whereas, the new economy seems to need semi-skilled or non-specialist workers and when special skills are needed employers can seek cheap skilled labor supplies abroad, in the well established pattern of international outsourcing. Most jobs that are being created in Canada are low-wage and low-security positions with low-skilled labor most in demand. Of course, this is interesting to reflect upon given an ambitious industry on the part of training colleges, public and private, to suggest that success lies in undertaking new training of some recognized kind."
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Training and Decision-Making, 2005.
Examines training and the teaching of decision-making skills to new employees.
955 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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Personnel departments face the dilemma of providing adequate training that will prepare individuals for their a new job, with the least amount of disruption to the current corporate flow. This paper shows that in the past, new employees assumed a temporary "training" role, usually working side by side with a more experienced employee that filled the same function. In today's world of enormous technological advancements, multi-media course-ware can be used to simulate real-world situations and teach decision making skills to new employees. The paper shows that this allows financial goals, technical needs, safety factors and knowledge to be integrated into a classroom arrangement that approximates on the job training.
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"To use the multi-media approach to training most effectively, the choices and training scenarios should as closely as possible simulate real-world situations. This may include using actual job materials whenever possible, incorporating the experiences of present employees in the training and creation of the training scenarios, and constructing scale models to simulate technical problems without jeopardizing expensive equipment. This type of training will also have potential value for exposing other individuals in the company to the different aspects of the company's operations they may not be exposed to on a daily basis."
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Technical Analysis in Finance, 2005.
An overview of the concept of market analysis, using technical analysis techniques.
1,683 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 54.95
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This paper looks at technical analysis, a method to forecast price movements and market trends, by analyzing charts of the past market action, which consider the account price of instruments, volume of trading and, should it be applicable, the open interest in the instruments.
Outline
Technical Analysis
Qualitative Analysis
Fundamental Analysis
Technical Analysis Versus Fundamental Analysis
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"Hence technical analysis concentrates on the study of the market prices themselves rather than an evaluation of those factors directly. This method requires a detailed study of, besides other things the actual daily, weekly and monthly price changes and is expected to give the most effective means to capitalize on the future direction of price movements. These strategies most often use a set of mathematical measurements and calculations to keep track of the market activity. Buy and sell decisions are then made on the basis of the output generated by the charts, manual calculations, computers or all of them put together."
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Technical Reading and Writing, 2002.
A discussion of the problems of technical writing programs, how they relate to foreign language learners, and teaching strategies employed by ESL teachers.
2,923 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 86.95
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This paper examines how current teaching methods in technical writing must change to meet business and industry demand for quality foreign writers and how the role of technical writing instructors rarely is thought of as second language instructors, but with more people coming to the United States, they cannot escape becoming a second language instructor as well. It looks at the different teaching materials and resources that need to be designed to meet these changing needs and different approaches to teaching.
Outline:
Introduction
Definition of Technical Reading and Writing
Significance and Relation to Foreign Language
Acculturation Model
Business Skills
Consequences of Poor Writing Skills
Teaching Strategies
Model Teaching
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"With technical writing, a thought does not begin or end with each paragraph as it does with other types of writing. This is what confuses international students, because they learn the rule of paragraph construction?each paragraph must begin and end a complete thought. This is not true of technical writing, which may take several paragraphs to convey a complete thought. An example of this may be when a particular idea is introduced and the explanations take more than just one paragraph."
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Technical Writing, 2006.
Examines several professional technical writing styles.
1,257 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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Technical writing is not limited in any way, shape or form to any specific field of inquiry, nor does it devote itself to any specific formats or specific styles. The paper shows that in today's highly specialized world of technology, one finds the term technical writing applied to every field of endeavor. At the same time some technical writers devote their entire careers to writing for a contemporaneous and very specific audience, while other devote their time to the far less specific audience of the general public. The paper shows that either avenue has many uses.
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"Another article researched in the general area of Computer Technology is the interesting article written by Gary Conroy, a technical content writer for About.com. In the article, and in layman's terms, Conroy compares a new software product, "Trellix 2.0" to its competitors in the field. "Trellix 2.0" is basically a word processing software package intended for use by IT business users desiring better control over HTML content rather than coding and site control. His analysis of the product is clear, concise and conclusive as he makes his points economically worded."
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"Technical Preparation" and "School To Work", 2002.
This paper compares the "Technical Preparation" program and "School to Work Opportunities Act" (STWOA) - both designed to help high school student integrate better into the job market upon graduation.
1,675 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper describes and defines these two acts and compares their various advantages. STWOA is defined on focusing helping students' transition from the school environment to the workplace, shifting toward a community-connected learning approach in which the members of the community have become teachers and mentors to the local students. Technical preparation is explained as a series of practical programs in the field of construction and other technical fields whereby the student joins an apprentice program after high-school.
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"There is a long series of pieces of legislation dealing with job training for individuals in economically depressed areas or with exceptional circumstances keeping them in poverty. This began with the Adams Act of 1906, followed by the Morrill Act of 1907 which created land-grant colleges. The Smith Hughes Act of 1917, or Vocational Act of 1917, dealt with the need for vocational training and the creation of national preparedness through education. Woodrow Wilson supported this specifically because he saw the approach of war and wished to create a citizenry that was prepared to deal with both the domestic and international ramifications of that (Major Legislation 1900-1982, 2000)."
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Career and Technical Education, 2007.
This paper discusses career and technical education and looks at relevant literature on the subject.
1,616 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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In this article, the writer explains that career and technical education (CTE) is traditionally identified as an academic track for students who are not seeking to engage in post-secondary studies. The writer points out that CTE is delivered to students both within the secondary setting and within programs and institutions that are designed to bring CTE directly to the student. However, integration of CTE into the curriculum has the potential to improve the quality of education for students who are planning to go to college as well as those who are not. The writer maintains that this is increasingly important in scenarios in which academic accountability and high standards of educational performance are critical components for a student seeking to enter into advanced education. This paper provides a brief review of the literature on these topics.
Outline:
Career and Technical Education for All Students
Accountability and the Need for Increased Learning
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"This creates an educational environment in which the student is likely to avoid pleasurable coursework out of practicality; the arts and courses that have been identified as irrelevant to the student's core academic portfolio no longer have value. CTE coursework, however, can be integrated into the core portfolio as practical work experience, application of learned studies, or improved development in other areas that are not directly correlated to academic performance. This enables the student to develop a more well-rounded sense of self, a critical component that can set the college graduate apart in an era where admission transcripts from the college-bound student are remarkably similar."
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The Carl Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, 2002.
An analysis of the traits of the Carl Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper will discuss the Carl D. Perkins the III Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998. By analyzing all the traits of this Act, we will see in a better light all of the main qualities that make it a forum for vocational and technical education within the framework of the Constitution. The many properties that are defined here will create the perspective of what the Act does, how it works, and why it was made by law-makers in the United States congress. All of these points will be covered by a strict analysis of the laws within the Act and the formulas that went into creating it.
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The Role of the Technical Trainer, 2001.
This is a research study which examines presenting and evaluation methods of technical training.
4,700 words (approx. 18.8 pages), 16 sources, $ 121.95
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An examination of the needs and challenges of the technical trainer when designing and delivering instruction through the use of technology, specifically through critical incident questioning. This study determines the skills and competencies required by the trainer in order to effectively deliver information. Included are diagrams and graphs to explain the material analyzed.
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"The role of a technical trainer carries a heavy weight in today?s workplace. With the ever-changing pace of today?s technology, there must be a way to provide guidance and support to these trainers. Research suggests that technical training contains a range of positive and negative characteristics. ?Teaching via the Internet can be categorized as either institutional, instructional, technical, or personal, and the specific reservation about employing this technology may be closely related to the type and degree of technological use.? (Piotrowski & Vodanovich, 2000, p.48)."
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The Use of Technical Devices in Literature, 2002.
This paper identifies and analyzes the technical devices used in "A Doll's House" by Henrick Isben and "The House of Bernarda Alba" by Federico Garcia Lorca in order to accentuate themes.
1,347 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper examines plays by Henrick Isben ("A Doll's House") and Garcia Lorca ("The House of Bernarda Alba") who both wrote very dramatic and risque works which challenged the social standards of the time. The paper shows that in order to dramatize and accentuate the themes of "A Doll?s House" and "The House of Bernarda Alba", Isben and Garcia Lorca employed several specialized on-stage technical devices (such as sound and lighting).
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"Throughout the history of theater, playwrights have used color to emphasize a point, theme, statement, etc. Isben and Garcia Lorca use the color black to introduce the presence of death and disobedience. In A Doll?s House, Nora Helmer begins to plan the events of a dreadful evening. She fantasizes that her husband, Torvald, will stand by her side when he is made aware her socially unacceptable actions and that she will then refuse to allow him to ruin his own reputation by publicly announcing herself to blame and committing suicide. While plotting the events Nora becomes uneasy of her planned suicide. Nora says to herself, ?Ah! the icy black water - the unfathomable depths - if only it were over!? (Isben 61). The unrealistic black color of the water Nora plans to drown herself in emphasizes the tragic restrictions placed on society and the consequences resulting in ignoring those restrictions. In The House of Bernarda Alba, Garcia Lorca also uses the color black to show the results of disobeying societal restrictions. Towards the conclusion of the play, shortly before Adela commits suicide, the stage directions call for Adela to wear ?a small black scarf? (Garcia Lorca 205). Adela is wearing the black scarf as she walks out to the barn to visit with her engaged lover. The small amount of black adds emphasis to the fact that Adela is driving herself to suicide through her unsuitable actions."
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Training for Young Soccer Players, 2004.
An analysis of conditioning regimens that harmonize the technical and physical condition of young sports players to improve their performance and reduce the likelihood of injuries.
9,270 words (approx. 37.1 pages), 31 sources, MLA, $ 191.95
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This paper aims to determine the proper training method that will develop the strength, speed, cleverness and aerobic capacity of young soccer players between the ages of 12 and 16 years old. A qualitative analysis is conducted of the relevant and peer-reviewed literature to develop some sound guidelines that can be followed in virtually any setting to help improve the physical conditioning of young athletes on and off the soccer field, as well as some useful insights to help overcome the obstacles inherent in promoting healthy alternatives with young people today. A summary of the research, conclusions and recommendations to this end are provided in the conclusion chapter.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of Study
Importance of Study
Scope of Study
Rationale of Study
Limitations/Delimitations of Study
Definition of Terms
Overview of Study
Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature
Chapter 3: Methodology
Description of the Study Approach
Database of Study
Chapter 4: Data Analysis
Chapter 5: Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
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"In addition, a number of states do not have a daily physical education requirement, and even in those that do, many children in physical education classes are not meeting the desired physical fitness goals. Finally, an increasing number of American children are engaging in sedentary activities such as television viewing and web "surfing," trends that are increasingly occupying significant amounts of children's free time (Dietz, 1990). There are a wide range of approaches to help reduce sports-related injuries in young athletes such as coaching education, parent education, proper equipment; in addition, the establishment of fundamental fitness abilities, including preparatory muscle conditioning as a preventative health measure should not be overlooked. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, up to 50 percent of all injuries sustained by children while playing organized sports are likely preventable (Smith, Andrish, & Micheli, 1993)."
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