This article develops three interrelated themes: a) that there is a relation by definition of competencies to teaching function; b) that selection of competencies is a political process and a scholar's choice; c) that several major competency selection issues and problems exist. (JA)

This paper, in an attempt to develop a meaning for the term "competency" as it relates to education, begins with a brief review of the literature of competency. The authors then offer their definition: a competency is a rational performance which satisfactorily meets the objectives for a desired condition and can be categorized as (a) basic, or…

This document presents 66 statements of generic (common to all areas, subjects, and levels) teaching competencies, culled from over 500,000 submitted by 1,400 programs in 83 Pennsylvania colleges and universities. It is warned that this is a working document presented for validation and revision and is dated by authorships prior to 1972. The 66…

The authors present some guides for understanding the controversy over teacher competence and developing teacher competency programs and policies. (Editors)

This report on performance based teacher education (PBTE) begins with a consideration of the problem of a definition of PBTE since uncertainty and confusion have tended to result from a lack of clarity about what PBTE really is. In Chapter 2, the background of PBTE is surveyed and the intellectual, educational and political factors influencing the…

This report describes a 1-year project for the initial development and implementation of a competency-based teacher education program. The project was part of a fifth-cycle Teacher Corps program. Project activities were directed toward planning, faculty development, assessment of changes in attitudes and program structures, and facilitation of…

This book, which is divided into five parts, is a compilation of literature on Competency Based Education (CBE). Analytical examinations are presented by advocates and critics in the field. Part 1, entitled "The Essence of the Approach," explores the basic meaning of CBE giving several definitions, tracing its psychological and theoretical bases,…

Rather than the traditional way of research influencing classroom instruction, with Performance Based Teacher Education in effect, instruction can present research with categories of behavior that are concrete examples of what teachers do in actual classrooms. (JA)

The "Teacher Competency Scale" of 12 items was devised to identify skills considered requisite for effective teaching. The test instrument, though still deemed well designed, is seen to frighten rather than assure and restrict rather than motivate. Therefore, solutions for these affective problems are being sought. (CM)

Description of University of Georgia's CBTE Program for elementary school teachers, which resulted in criteria for teacher performance, assessment, selection of candidates, instruction and management. (JA)

Report on activities of the AACTE Committee on Performance Based Teacher Education. (MM)

This catalog of teacher competencies provides the user with an array of 1,300 competency statements from which descriptions of teachers can be built. The introduction provides a brief history of the development of the catalog and a framework within which to proceed with a competency selection process. The catalog includes: (a) instructions for use…

This document takes issue with the concept of competency-based teacher education as presented in the New York Regents Master Plan for Development of Post-Secondary Education, 1972. It maintains that the competency-based concept completely undermines tenure and teacher rights to due process. Further, the paper takes the position that the teacher…