A Largely Unsatisfied Need: Continuing Professional Development for Process and Process Plant Industries. A Summary. FEU/PICKUP Project Report.

Autor/inn/en	Geldhart, D.; Brown, A. S.
Institution	Further Education Unit, London (England).
Titel	A Largely Unsatisfied Need: Continuing Professional Development for Process and Process Plant Industries. A Summary. FEU/PICKUP Project Report.
Quelle	(1987), (41 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-948621-66-4
Schlagwörter	Chemical Engineering; Curriculum Development; Developed Nations; Engineering Education; Engineers; Foreign Countries; Manufacturing Industry; Minicourses; Needs Assessment; Professional Continuing Education; United Kingdom (Great Britain) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Chemisches Prüfverfahren; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Ingenieurausbildung; Ausland; Fertigungswirtschaft; Produzierendes Gewerbe; Kurzlehrgang; Bedarfsermittlung; Berufsfeldbezogener Unterricht; Weiterbildung
Abstract	This summary report outlines the aims of a project that focused on provision of short courses for technical professionals in the chemical and allied process industry and the process plant industry. Continuing education needs of both companies and individuals, as well as corporate policies and attitudes toward continuing education and constraints on its use, were identified through questionnaires sent to relevant company offices. The report's main text demonstrates that continuing professional development (CPD) requires that much effort be put into sampling companies, programs, and participants. The ensuing data reveal the usual problems associated with coordination, marketing, release of staff, and meeting of a wide range of needs. Although external short courses remain the staple diet of CPD, the report indicates they are perceived by companies as being insufficiently practical and too remote from the real issue. These company needs are indicated: relevance, credibility, and coordination. Individual participants are reported as needing accreditation. A section is devoted to the distinctions between "bottom-up" and "top-down" curriculum development, both of which are seen as necessary, but, as elsewhere, this mix raises issues of coordination. The report generally concludes that many unsatisfied needs remain. It maintains that more "bottom-up" courses are required and this requires a more systematic approach and more coordination. Recommendations focus on the need for a CPD coordinating mechanism. Appendixes include definitions and abbreviations and the questionnaire. (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC