The author finds signs that teacher education can be concerned both with prespecified competence and with explorations into self-concept, interpersonal sensitivity, and professional "becoming." (Author)

Presents some of the theory of performance-based teacher education (PBTE); examines the characteristics of actual programs professing to be performance based; indicates some of the issues raised by attempts to impose the approach on the profession; and notes some of the shortcomings of the theory. (Author/JF)

Designed primarily for research and development, the commission described was set up to coordinate the nationwide performance-based teacher education movement. The research and development plan is directed to defining teacher competence, measuring it, and evaluating systems of training for teaching competence. (JF)

A heated controversy occurred when the Texas State Board of Education mandated competency based teacher education (CBTE) for all of the State's 66 teacher preparatory institutions. This is an account of developments in Texas by two major proponents of CBTE. (Author/JF)

A heated controversy occurred when the Texas State Board of Education mandated competency based teacher education (CBTE) for all of the State's 66 teacher preparatory institutions. The author, who has led a movement of professional groups seeking an attorney general's ruling against the mandate, argues that this mandate violates the professor's…

An individualized performance-based teacher education (IPTE) program was first implemented at Weber State College in September 1970. The author, brought to Weber State to evaluate the program, reveals its strengths and weaknesses. (Author/JF)

Examines the idea of competency/performance based teacher education to determine if it is a fad, or if it has real promise for reform. The authors urge that a single definition for C/PBTE be developed. They argue that while there are some short-range benefits to be derived from installing a C/PBTE program, it will take years of research and…

Maintains that educators are suspicious of theory, that they confuse education with schooling, and that they fail to make proper connections between curriculum and public policy questions. (Author)

Teachers deserve to have appropriate training before they are held accountable for teaching about computer hardware and software, and the responsibility for this training falls to the teacher training institutions. Such a computer literacy program has been instituted at Abilene Christian University (Texas). (DCS)

Schools of education facing reduced enrollments should consider taking such steps as eliminating nonproductive programs and courses, retooling faculty, offering elective courses that appeal to noneducation majors, planning new programs based on existing faculty and physical resources, recruiting flexible faculty, and developing cooperative…

Presents the rationale for a teacher education program based on a grounding in developmental theory and describes an existing model master's degree curriculum. Argues that teacher education must be structured to develop in students a knowledge base for methodical thinking and a willingness to apply research findings. (MJL)

Discusses four alternative programs that will soon be available to students wishing to be certified to teach secondary social studies. (Author/DN)

This article discusses a recently developed teacher education program that has more than 20 alternative programs from which students can choose. (Author/DN)