Quest for Quality Training in Police Work

Quest for Quality Training in Police Work

The Quest for Quality In Higher Education

T E IMPENDING Berlin crisis as it appears in July dampens our enthusiasm for long-range thinking or planning. Most of us, nevertheless, tend to hope that if we can just manage to keep them talking, neither of the two K's will get around to acting. There is hope in this theory. It has been used by us librarians for years and constitutes the basis for the healthy condition of the ALA and most of ...

Quest for quality and relevant higher education, training and learning in Kenya: an overview

Kenya is in the midst of many transformations and transition processes of its institutions and administrative/governance structures following the promulgation of a new constitution on 27th August, 2010. Institutions for higher education, training and learning top the list of priority institutions targeted for these revolutions and evolutionary processes. The institutions are expanding at an ala...

Developing a Serious Game for Police Training

AbstrAct The design of serious games based on sound learning and instructional principles is important to ensure learning is integrated in the 'game-play'. However, the process of achieving this is not yet fully understood , and research is hampered by the lack of practical demonstrations of how effective instructional design is when used alongside game design. This chapter provides an example ...

Programming Police Enforcement in Highway Work Zones

Due to the aging U.S. highway system and the frequent presence of work zones, highway work zone safety is garnering increasing attention. Police enforcement is sometimes used by U.S. transportation agencies for safety improvement in work zones. The important question that must be answered by those responsible for programming police enforcement in work zones is: where, when and how to enforce? T...