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Hirst, Ben A., Jr. – American Vocational Journal, 1977
Competency-based vocational education is defined and broken down into ten basic components (e.g., developing occupational inventories, needed materials, and lesson plans; analyzing occupational survey data and existing materials; updating the task analysis; and revising). Pointers for checking the system and moving it to higher levels of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Education, Mastery Learning, Material Development
Knaak, William C. – American Vocational Journal, 1977
Minnesota's 916 area vocational institutes which use a competency-based instructional system are described. Components of this instructional system delineated in the article are the setting, mainstreaming approach, grading system, program goals, educational advantages, curriculum and model development, evaluation, and teacher inservice. (BM)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Inservice Teacher Education
Lynch, Richard L.; And Others – American Vocational Journal, 1977
This description of the INDEPTH program (Inservice Distributive Education Program of Teaching Help) in Virginia includes a discussion of the program's background, salient features, and its six 15-hour modules. (The program was developed by distributive education personnel in three Virginia universities, the Virginia Department of Education, and…
Descriptors: College Credits, Competency Based Teacher Education, Distributive Education, Higher Education
