This module on student organizations is one of a set of seven on vocational students and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum intended for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial education. Following the module…

This module on research design in vocational education is one of a set of five on evaluation and research and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial education. Following…

A review of the literature of Performance Based Teacher Education (PBTE) programs indicates a void in the area of human skills teacher training. In response to this lack of relevant research, this paper presents a view of how group counseling procedures can successfully be integrated into PBTE as an approach to humanistic skills training. With…

Although there are many qualifications, it appears from several major research undertakings that teacher behaviors are in fact related to student learning, but that specific behaviors may be less important than patterns of teacher behaviors and, further, that such patterns of behaviors are differentially effective for different students, grade…

Examined in a national survey of 258 special education teacher training programs in colleges and universities were program components of federally funded competency based (DBTE) programs and federally funded noncompetency based (NCBTE) programs. Department chairpersons answered mailed questionnaires specific for either a CBTE a NCBTE program.…

The purpose of this guide is to introduce the Child Development Associate (CDA) program, a national effort to train, assess, and grant a professional credential to people who work with young children. This program is designed to fill the need for trained staff in Head Start, day care, nursery schools, and preschool programs. The six CDA competency…

This list of materials from a Teacher Corps Materials Fair is basically intended for use by teacher educators, and includes items dealing with many important aspects of teacher education. The first section is an annotated list of books, booklets, pamphlets, and papers published since 1968, some of which cover the following topics: (a) inservice…

This resource guide on competency based teacher education (CBTE) and competency based certification (CBC) states that the degree of explicitness required in CBTE programs and CBC programs and CBC systems is greater than in traditional programs. A CBTE program must specify (a) what the learner is to do, (b) the degree or level of competency…

This paper describes the use of student teacher interns who lived and taught on a Hopi Indian reservation. People in the Hopi community housed these teachers and cooperated with them in the classroom and in formulating educational material that would be relevant to their local culture. One Teacher Corps team developed a whole Hopi unit in social…

This monograph is the result of a conference held on the subject of governance by consortium. The purpose of the conference was to listen, discuss, and react to four position papers prepared by individuals with differing points of view relative to the shared management of teacher education. This monograph begins with a general discussion of…

This monograph consists of five papers originating from a 1974 conference entitled, "Field-Based Teacher Education for the '80's." The first paper, "Public School-College Cooperation in the Field-Based Education of Teachers (FBTE)--A Historical Perspective," by James L. Slay, focuses on how the historical development of public school cooperation…

Groups of teachers in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan identified 143 characteristics a competent elementary school teacher should have in order to teach science. When teacher educators were asked to rate these competencies major discrepancies became obvious. Teacher educators placed a very important value on competencies which were rated low or as…

This paper is a report of a 1974 conference of Teachers of Teachers of Mathematics (TOTOM) from Oregon colleges. The conference was organized for the purpose of discussing competencies of elementary teachers of mathematics. The conferees took the position that they could not define necessary and sufficient criteria for the competent teaching of…

The purpose of this project was to develop and field test a model for delivering teaching competency instruction to inexperienced vocational teachers. An off-campus course was developed utilizing six individualized learning packages or modules based on 38 competencies considered most important for beginning teachers. Twelve teachers from the three…

Presented is a competency based curriculum for the preparation of teachers of very young (0-6 years old) handicapped children which includes knowledge and application competencies in the areas of child growth and development, caregiving approaches, caregiving curriculum and physical environment, and self development and human relations.…