Whilst interdisciplinarity has become a central concern of research and learning in geography, few from the discipline have considered the practical facilitation of interdisciplinarity in the classroom. Module convenors, I argue, must pay greater attention to how learners engage and negotiate with peers and perspectives from other disciplines. In…

This module, one in a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, deals with developing a lesson plan. Discussed in the first section of the module are the individual parts of the lesson plan and the way in which they fit together. In order to complete…

A description of an inservice teacher education learning module is provided. The module focuses on systematic principles of behavior modification, and emphasizes the procedures underlying effective social development and the use of positive motivational methods with children and young adults. Information is provided on the purposes and content of…

This learning module, one in a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, deals with determining student grades. Addressed in the individual learning experiences are the following topics: understanding the functions of grades and traditional systems…

This competency-based teacher education component emphasizes a systematic process that starts with the identification of a behavior unique to a learner and that ends with the identification of the cultural factors that cause the behavior. A sample module, diagnosing cultural behaviors related to the concept of family, is presented with an outline…

This first in a series of ten learning modules on the establishment of cooperative education guidelines is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teacher-coordinators knowledge of the characteristics of cooperative vocational education and experience in developing criteria for screening prospective students and for evaluating…

This first in a series of eight learning modules on professional role and development is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers aid in learning how to keep up to date and in developing the attitudes and habits which will serve to keep them up to date in their careers as educators. The terminal objective for the module is…

This sixth in a series of eight learning modules on professional role and development is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers preparation for working as cooperating teachers. Focus is on the purposes of laboratory or clinical experience in the teacher education program and on skills needed for planning meaningful…

This seventh in a series of eight learning modules on professional role and development is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers who also serve as cooperating teachers competence in planning the total student teaching experience--planning appropriate activities for student teachers and developing plans for evaluating…

This module is one in a series of thirteen specifically designed to help vocational educators develop the skills needed to function as resource persons to learners enrolled in field-centered competency-based teacher preparation programs. (These learners are persons with appropriate occupational experience and competence who are being prepared as…

The competency-based modular curriculum presented here is designed to enable those who participate in the learning experiences to perform the tasks which constitute the five roles of the Employee Development Specialist (EDS): Career Counselor, Consultant, Learning Specialist, Program Manager, and Training Administrator. For each of these five…

This module, one in a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, deals with assessing student performance. Addressed in the individual learning experiences are the following topics: understanding the considerations involved in assessing student…

This learning module, which is part of a staff development program for health occupations clinical instructors, discusses using the techniques of questioning and problem solving in a clinical instructional setting. It includes learning activities dealing with the importance of using questions in the clinical setting, levels of questions in the…

This sixth in a series of eleven learning modules on program planning, development, and evaluation is designed to assist secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers in gaining the knowledge and skills needed to develop and write program goals and objectives that give direction to the vocational program, make public its expected outcomes, and…

This second in a series of ten learning modules on coordination of cooperative education is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teacher-coordinators skill in planning and applying procedures and policies for the management of student attendance, transfers, and terminations in a cooperative vocational education program. The…