In a critical examination of competency-based teacher education, the author suggests that it should be placed in a wider framework recognizing that the learning process includes conceptual and perceptual thinking and subjective individual values and purposes. (JD)

The significance of incorporating information regarding nonprogram factors as well as program factors in evaluation of teacher education programs is examined. (MM)

This article outlines a program for developing effective inservice training for teachers based on using specific teaching competencies. (JD)

A teacher education program intended to make participants aware of teaching as a holistic process integrating specific teaching skills and general planning abilities is described and evaluated. (GW)

Individualizing any educational program poses the problems of investigating the effects of different environments on different persons and developing appropriate strategies for matching environment to individual learners to enable them to perform to the fullest of their abilities. (JD)

This is a report on the work of the California Commission for Teacher Preparation on the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study (BTES), to determine which skills and qualities are necessary for the beginning teacher to impart learning effectively in the classroom. (JD)

Bilingual teacher education in California is examined. A discussion of such issues as the status of bilingual teachers, competencies for bilingual teachers, and bilingual secondary and vocational teacher education is followed by a list of recommendations for teacher training institutions. (FG)