This study explored the impacts of a creative drama course on pre-service teachers' beliefs about teaching skills. The participants kept weekly reflective journals and were observed in micro-teachings during the drama course. They were also interviewed four times over a period of two years. The results revealed positive perceptions about using…

In practical courses, students consider teachers' assessment of various skills to be baseless and unfair. Unfortunately, due to a lack of equipment, only a few students take part in practical skills performance, while the rest of the students remain passive in learning and assessment. In this paper we suggest an original design to use peer…

Pre-service teachers typically find it challenging to implement cooperative learning authentically in schools given the complexities of classroom environments. Curriculum integration also is demanding because it requires combining research-informed pedagogies and best practices to promote academic and social learning. This article describes how…

This article brings together critical perspectives on a broad range of issues that emerge from a reading of the National Policy on Education 2016. The issues vary from accountability to transdisciplinarity and from the marginalization of transgender people to value education. Such a complex task of critiquing this policy document cannot be…

Research literature on the relationship between teacher characteristics and behavior and student achievement is examined. It is found that this relation does not offer an empirical basis for the prescription of teacher-training objectives. Tables illustrate the findings. (JR)

This handbook has been prepared for teacher educators involved in designing instructional modules in competency-based teacher education programs. Its contents present: (1) a rationale for competency-based teacher education and instructional modules; (2) an overview of the handbook; (3) explanation of the hierarchy of structure existing from single…

The need to modernize teacher education procedures is a universal problem. This need is particularly evident in developing countries where adherence to the old syllabi and the "tried and true" methods of instruction is strong and where highly trained personnel capable of leading a reform are in short supply. This model for a competency approach to…

This document, divided into four chapters, reports on the annual workshop activities of the North Central Association. Chapter 1 presents elements of the teacher education project and lists the participating institutions. Chapter 2 provides general information regarding sponsorship, personnel, special presentations, and workshop organization.…

This document reports on a project designed to determine whether the amount and type of field experiences of students prior to student teaching would influence the achievement of competencies and result in different instructional patterns and attitudes of prospective teachers. Important subquestions were whether it was desirable to provide basic…

This paper describes the Self-Based Competency-Based introductory program in learning disabilities at Arizona State University that is designed to help students develop the basic competencies needed to know and understand why learning disabled children fail to learn. The 391 objectives included in this program were selected to provide students…

Results of this study indicate no superiority for competency based instruction in tennis over traditional instruction in the beginning skills and knowledge of males and indicate less effectiveness with females. The vast majority of participants indicated they wanted the instructor to assume a more traditional role in teaching. (MJB)

"Management engineered" teacher education is an instructional method designed to assist teachers in the acquisition, maintenence, and improvement of essential knowledge, skills, attributes, and professional competencies which are necessary to function effectively in varied professional roles. The system aims at improving teachers' performances as…

The purpose of this program has been to develop a competency-based curriculum that will form in prospective elementary teachers the methodology of science teaching reflected in the newer generations of elementary science curricula. The program involves around the basic premise that the student should concentrate not so much on content as on…

During an academic year, approximately 60 beginning teachers are assigned to classrooms in the Barrow and Gaines Elementary field centers in Clarke County, Georgia. A checklist consisting of eleven competencies with specific indicators is used to evaluate the performance of each student. (Author)

A "Product-Action" approach extends the research and theory of teacher education into the reality of the actual learning site. (LH)