This study was undertaken to examine the possibility of controlling examination and public speaking anxiety through behavior therapy techniques. It was assumed that a reduction of examination and public speaking anxiety through such techniques would improve student performance. Three subjects participated in the study--all female, 30 years old,…

In this speech on the education of teachers, the author discusses the following value premises: (a) freedom; (b) personalization of performance goals; (c) inquiry (teacher education must focus on the student's ability to be a responsible inquiry system); (d) knowledge based on usage that will foster social self-actualization in the student…

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…

This book is a compilation of papers that consider the current state of the art of competency/performance-based teacher education. Organized into six parts, the first part of this book reports three frames for conceptualizing research in competency-based education. The keynote address outlines five major areas for research: assessment of…

This booklet approaches the question of whether competency-based teacher education (CBTE) and performance-based teacher education (PBTE) can foster meaningful change in teacher preparation programs. The following sections are included: (a) CBTE background and definitions of related terms; (b) a differentiation between PBTE and CBTE, with PBTE seen…

This paper outlines some of the issues and identifies information and resources available in the field of performance-based teacher education (PBTE). Issues include (a) performance or product--concerning the chain of accountability from teacher trainers to teacher trainee, resting on the characteristic of demonstrated performance (with the teacher…

This document is a handbook designed to clarify the goals and procedures of the secondary education program at Southwest Minnesota State College. The program is described as competency based, field centered, personalized, and systematically designed. It is stated that secondary education has caused special problems in that the competencies must be…

Presented is the sixth of 12 instructional kits, on psychological and physiological assessment techniques, for a performance based teacher education program which was developed by Project CHILD, a research effort to validate identification, intervention, and teacher education programs for language handicapped children. Included in the kit are…

There are eight areas which require attention in planning for state implementation of performance-based teacher education (PBTE): (a) initiation action, (b) goal statement formulation, (c) state role identification, (d) certification pattern design, (e) delivery system structure, (f) support mechanism organization, (g) regulation changes…

Development of competency-based training programs and the preparation of guidance associates (undergraduates) and professional counselors within a competency-based framework are current major concerns in education. Three speeches trace the development of a monograph which outlines the program. Edward C. Bonk, in "Writing the Module on Career…

The characteristics and components of a competency-based teacher education program within which the skills for teaching reading and language arts are developed and implemented are identified in this paper. A four-phase systemic curriculum model developed at the University of North Florida is presented. Twenty-five enabling objectives were written…

Since 1970 there has been increased interest on the part of State Department of Education in the development of performance criteria for teachers, and in Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE). The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education has developed five characteristics of CBTE, five implied characteristics of CBTE, and seven…

Since student teaching has been redefined as a study of teaching, its concept and scope have been broadened to encompass a continuous exploration and examination of educational possibilities in various settings and under varying conditions. Such a concept of student teaching cannot be developed in the traditional setting of the public school…

The Utah State University Protocol Project developed six self instructional modules, each concerned with an important concept related to teacher language. Each module contains a student handbook consisting of definitions and recognition and application practices based upon printed classroom transcripts and an 8-ten minute protocol film. The…

This student guide is part of a protocol learning module on the use of emphasis as an effective verbal teaching behavior. The complete module consists of the student guide, a protocol film, and testing materials. The student guide contains (a) an introduction to protocol modules and instruction in their use; (b) a discussion of the concept of…