Findings from a research study by the author on the methods used in training teachers of agricultural occupations are given. (MU)

Reports the results of using knowledge- and performance-based instruments in the evaluation of preservice secondary school English teachers in the University of Georgia teacher education program. (HOD)

Reviews literature, particularly journal articles, related to competencies needed by teachers for successful classroom computer implementation. Several key areas in which teachers should receive training are suggested, and 16 references are provided. (EJS)

Recommends the improvement of English teacher training programs that would include a focus on developing sensitivity to language in prospective English teachers. (AEA)

Reports results of a study which investigated student teachers' competency to diagnose pupil's answers for possible misconceptions. Suggests that teacher-training programs include specific training activities designed to develop this desired diagnostic competence. (CS)

Horizontal evaluation in student teacher supervision is based on the premise that the aim of evaluation should be the personal and professional growth of the student teacher. The competency-based teacher education program has a vertical aim since it ranks teachers from best to worst rather than individuals on a horizontal continuum of growth. (JN)

A research project attempted to measure student teacher proficiency by assessing the cognitive attainments of students. Findings reveal that variation in learner cognitive attainment does occur among student teachers and that this appears to be related to the professional preparation of teacher candidates. (JN)

A Music Education Competency Test (MECT) was developed to gauge proficiency in selected singing, conducting, keyboard, and rehearsal skills. Three validity studies with 125 University of Illinois undergraduates examined MECT scores in relation to students' grades and compared students' scores by major emphasis (piano, voice, orchestral…

Describes how Old Dominion University and the Chesapeake, Virginia, school system have cooperatively revived the "Chatauqua" model as a way of providing on-site inservice teacher education. (SJL)

A survey questionnnaire was administered to 139 educators to determine the professional education teacher competencies needed by postsecondary agriculture technology teachers. Of the 100 competencies listed on the questionnaire, 99 were perceived by the surveyed group as being above 3.0 (instrument scale average) in importance to the job. (LRA)

North Carolina has begun a comprehensive, systematic approach to the reevaluation and assessment of the teacher education process. (Author/MLF)

Reports results of a study to rank needed professional competencies according to Florida's community college technical education instructors, first-year and experienced, and to indicate perceived differences in importance in particular technologies. The rank order of eighty-two competency statements is shown; implications for competency-based…

This article outlines a program for developing effective inservice training for teachers based on using specific teaching competencies. (JD)