Competence is defined as a symbolic field composed of ideas, projects, and emotions attributed to organizations. The process of competence development is viewed as symbolic transformation, with four phases: interpretation, restructuring, legitimation, and institutionalization. Competence is described as not an objective term but a relational…

Analyzes "competence" as it pertains to teaching to clarify the term. Four normative conceptions of the meaning of competence that result from the analysis are identified. Implications for teaching and educational settings are explored. (DF)

Diagnosing begins by generating an initial diagnostic hypothesis by automatic information processing. Information processing may stop here if the hypothesis is accepted, or analytical processing may be used to refine the hypothesis. This description portrays analytic processing as an optional extra in information processing, leading us to…

For more than a decade, competence development has been a key concept of modern management in both the private and the public sector, but to some extent its meaning and practice have been different in the two sectors. In the public sector in particular, competence development has been closely related to a number of other buzzwords characterizing…

This is an investigation of secondary mathematics teachers' understanding of performance-based tasks with respect to the contextual design of tasks that promote urban students' engagement and pursuit in learning mathematical concepts. We examined the alignment of teacher designed tasks with their personal definitions of tasks; then further…

Ohio University was one of six campuses funded in 2009-2010 as part of the Faculty for the Engaged Campus initiative. Following a self-assessment, a faculty development program to increase faculty competency in community-based participatory research (CBPR) was designed and implemented. The program included three major components designed to…

In this article, teachers who seek a career as a school administrator envision their leadership will be transformational and charismatic, yet they are often surprised by the conflict and confrontation that is an inevitable part of school administration. This disconnect between the ideal of the vision and the reality often produces disappointment…

In January 2009, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and the Colorado Education Association (CEA) initiated a 13-city teacher tour to engage teachers in a statewide discussion about CAP4K, its relevance to practice, its impact on teaching and learning and the kind of help that teachers would find useful for classroom implementation. Between…

Biology in Context ("bik") is a project that aims to improve biology teaching in lower secondary schools in Germany. Based on a theoretical framework derived from the National Educational Standards, four competence areas should be fostered in biology education: subject knowledge; inquiry acquisition; subject-related communication; and…

Individuals of color with disabilities and/or their family members need access to services and supports that will assist them with daily life and a way to advocate for these services. Disability organizations, whose core mission is advocacy, have had difficulty attracting and maintaining persons of color with disabilities or their family members…

Divided into two parts, this document provides guidelines for planning performance-based instruction. Part 1 deals with the general elements of instructional planning--those decisions which should be made before a lesson plan is written. The following five chapters are included in part 1: (1) Introduction to Instructional Planning; (2) Planning…

This overview of the competency-based educational process examines the basic reason for its growing popularity with professional educators and to professionals in other fields: the fact that it produces "doers" rather than "knowers." Three assumptions forming the basis of competency-based education are: (1) programs should be based on the…

This issue of the Multi-State Consortium on Performance-Based Teacher Education (PBTE) newsletter focuses on the role collaboration plays in competency-based education programs. A diagnostic test is presented to rate reader knowledge of ten basic concepts of collaboration, and the correct answers are discussed. Wendell C. Allen comments on the…

This annotated bibliography cites information helpful in obtaining an overview of (a) issues and problems in performance certification, (b) current developmental efforts by states in performance-based certification, and (c) alternative roles state agencies might assume in planning, developing, and implementing a performance-based certification…