This paper reports an evaluation of a careers convention for women, designed to widen their occupational horizons. The convention was held in Wales in 1987, and evaluated the same year. Data are provided on how 500 schoolgirls reacted to the event and how they plan to spend their own futures.The findings are shown to be relevant to anyone attempting to improve careers education, challenge sex stereotyping in education, or run similar conventions. The young women are shown to have enjoyed the convention, and to have learnt about non-traditional careers available to modern females, but the majority remain attached to traditionally female jobs for themselves.
Part‐time faculty outnumber full‐time faculty in clinical dentistry departments. They spend many hours in contact with students and often serve as role models of dental practitioners. Yet, part‐time faculty have had very little formal training in instructional techniques. This article describes an inservice training program for part‐time faculty involving workshops, weekly meetings, and practice sessions. The program was developed to provide training in some basic teaching techniques. Part‐time faculty were given an instructional manual and copies of student syllabi and the opportunity to participate in the development and use of the student criteria sheets. The results of the program indicate that the faculty felt the program was an effective use of their time and they will accept, and even look forward to, future inservice training opportunities.
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