This compilation of presentations given at the National Conference on Performance Based Teacher Education (PBTE) centers around two main themes: the present state of the scene in performance-based vocational teacher education, and changes in the educational setting in both schools and colleges that will affect PBTE in the near future. Among the…

The field experience component of the competency-based elementary teacher preparation sequence that was developed at the University of Toledo as part of the Ohio Model consists of two learning modules: a) planning, implementation, and evaluation; and b) gaining acceptance and respect as a member of the multiunit school. The first module is…

This course syllabus is part of the competency-based elementary teacher education program that was developed by the University of Toledo. It contains the ten learning modules which comprise the second course in the sequential elementary education program: a) Instructional Simulations and Academic Games; b) Preparation of Locally Produced…

This course syllabus is the third unit in the elementary teacher preparation sequence developed at the College of Education, University of Toledo. The nine competency-based learning modules included in the syllabus are a) Learning Theory and Motivation; b) Identifying and Specifying Behaviors; c) Observing and Recording Behaviors; d) Behavioral…

This course syllabus is part of the comprehensive competency-based elementary teacher education program developed at the College of Education, University of Toledo for the U.S. Office of Education. The first course in the elementary education sequence consists of 12 learning modules: a) Performance Skills and Inquiry; b) Group Process--Principles…

This course syllabus includes revised competency-based elementary teacher education learning modules that were developed at the University of Toledo as part of the Ohio Model. The module titles are a) Teaching Science in the Elementary School, b) Concept Attainment, c) Social Studies Planning, d) Selection and Application of Instructional Media in…

This volume, the last in a series of seven, contains the learning module on staff, which focuses on the last Child Development Associate (CDA) competency, in the performance based curriculum of the Texas A & I Bilingual Bicultural Child Development Associate Training Program. The curriculum was designed for training preschool teachers working…

This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, the fifteenth in a series of 16, focuses on preparing trainees in a bilingual/bicultural preschool teacher training program for their administrative responsibilities as CDA staff members. The first section briefly discusses verbal, non-verbal and tactile communication and suggests five…