Summarized are problems and procedures involved in the 3-year development of a competency based graduate level instructional program to prepare curriculum consultants for the education of exceptional children. (MC)

The Dallas Independent School District and East Texas State University have teamed up to provide a training program for pre- and in-service teachers designed to teach them to use alternative learning strategies to meet the individual needs of students from multicultural backgrounds. (Editor)

Summaries of selected studies, present a rationale for the development of work-experience, competency-based college degree programs in industrial education. (SN)

Presents an instructional module approach to the teaching of theory in educational administration. Suggests that the approach has potential to meet identified criteria of competency based instruction. The approach is designed to incorporate both methodological procedures of theory construction as well as substantive content of administrative and…

New Materials and measures designed to foster teacher competencies can radically alter all of teacher education-research, instruction, and field experiences-and rescue its lost esteem. Author discusses current weaknesses in teacher education programs. (Author/RK)

Four hundred and twenty special education resource teachers working mainly with retarded pupils were surveyed about inservice training needs. Of 32 specific skills/competencies, individual pupil counseling skills was idenitified as the most important. The most effective vehicle for delivering training was identified as short-term courses and…

This study identifies special needs students, by category of definition, who were enrolled in vocational agriculture programs in Pennsylvania during the 1980-81 school year. It further identifies program-related problems encountered by vocational agriculture teachers and it provides teachers' perceived level of competence for teaching handicapped…

Proposes techniques to help instructors of preservice teacher education programs in social studies improve their programs. Techniques involve collecting data from the schools, determining a definition of social studies, selecting teaching competencies and instructional strategies, and assessing teachers' and student teachers' abilities to perform…

A condensation of a report on educational reform and the development of new teacher education programs is presented. Viewpoints of various educational reform movements (progressive reform, academic reform, personalistic reform, and competency-based teacher education) are described. (JD)

Identifies the competencies of effective speech communication/drama teachers through two written contacts with in-service teachers. Compares these results with the recommended competencies of the Speech Communication Association/American Theatre Association Joint Task Force. Explores the implications of these statements for competency-based…

The question addressed by the article was: How much consistency is there among one accrediting agency's standards and various states' certification requirements for teachers of the emotionally disturbed? Inconsistencies found in professional expectations lead to the conclusion that national professional standards for teachers of the behaviorally…

A videotaped presentation was produced as a collaborative effort involving university professors, students, and field center faculty members. The following items are addressed: production development, the summative assessment checklist, program segments, product utilization, assessment steps and participant reactions. (Author)