This module is one of a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational teachers. This module is designed to help the teacher plan and direct individual and group field trips that will enrich students' classroom learning experiences, spark their interest in the…

This module, which is one in a series of performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, deals with instructor-coordinators' responsibilities with regard to planning and conducting the in-school component of the training received by cooperative education students. The…

The use of performance-based teacher education (PBTE) learning packages for inservice teacher training of vocational education teachers in Arkansas was evaluated. The study sought to determine what teaching competencies vocational-technical teachers have mastered since the PBTE program began five years ago, to what extent vocational teachers are…

This module is one in a series of seven focused on skills vocational teachers need to develop and manage programs that are performance-based and fully individualized. Designed to allow for individualization of a teacher education program, these modules supplement those prepared by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education for…

This module is one in a series of seven focused on skills vocational teachers need to develop and manage programs that are performance-based and fully individualized. Designed to allow for individualization of a teacher education program, these modules supplement those prepared by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education for…

This learning module on establishing a student placement service and coordinating follow-up studies is one of six competency based modules designed for both preservice and inservice education of vocational education administrators. It discusses the rationale and objectives for a school-based placement service. Topics discussed include assessing…

This learning module on developing local plans for vocational education (Part I) is one of six competency-based modules designed for both preservice and inservice education of vocational education administrators. It reviews legislative requirements for planning and discusses the role of the vocational administrator and other key personnel in the…

This learning module on developing local plans for vocational education (Part II) is one of six competency-based modules designed for both preservice and inservice education of vocational education administrators. It focuses on the last five steps of the comprehensive "Vocational Education Program Planning Model" presented in Part I (CE 016 511).…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on shopping for a home loan is the fourth in a set of six modules on consumer education related to housing. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019 901-967.)…

As the third in a four volume final report of a Right to Read preservice competency-based, modular reading specialist project, this volume presents the module outlines for components seven, eight and nine of the classroom program. Component seven, administration and supervision, offers on-the-job practical training where students experience…

The final report on the third year of a 5 year program to investigate performance based certification procedures for special education teachers and to assess teacher competency is presented. Nineteen competency areas were identified and modules to train teachers in each of the competencies were developed. A study of 56 special education teachers…

This manual describes Bilingual-Bicultural Child Development Associate (CDA) Training and Trainer pilot programs. Chapter I introduces both CDA Bilingual-Bicultural programs and the Head Start strategy for Spanish-speaking children. Chapter II contains a brief description of CDA training. Differences between bilingual-bicultural CDA training and…

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…

This module is one in a series of six designed to help vocational educators develop skills needed to make use of the Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States materials and to develop and manage individualized instructional programs. Recommended for use by both pre- and inservice teachers and curriculum development specialist interns,…

Trends and changes in educational philosophy and policy over approximately the last 50 years are reviewed. The point is made that teacher education faculty members have neglected to consider the overall, "designer" role that they occupy, and instead have focused undue attention on the delineation of specific teacher competencies and educational…