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Theory And Practice On Preparing Human Resource Development Professionals, John A. Henschke Edd
Theory And Practice On Preparing Human Resource Development Professionals, John A. Henschke Edd
John A. Henschke
Theory and practice in college and university academic programs preparing Human Resource Development (HRD) Professional Practitioners have seldom been addressed in the same places or times. This paper clarifies the terms, theory, practice, academic program, learning, learning organization; traces some history of the issues; provides a case illustration of how an HRD professional prepared in a program advocating a supportive connection between theory and practice, modeled that in his own professional career and developed support within the university setting.
Developing A Mentoring Program Improvement Evaluation Model, John A. Henschke Edd
Developing A Mentoring Program Improvement Evaluation Model, John A. Henschke Edd
John A. Henschke
Formal adult teacher model mentoring programs tend to have a predictable set of elements: policies, mentor selection procedures, mentor training activities, mentor role expectations, mentor-adult teacher matching, and secondary development relationships. Mentoring is an individualized, long-term, teaching/learning relationship between two people used to accomplish a variety of purposes. Yet, little evaluation has been conducted to determine its results, or the effectiveness of the current process, with an eye to making program improvements. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to: develop a program improvement model for an adult teacher mentoring program; apply the model to a formal adult teacher …