The authors offer a sample of CBTE in action. They have worked through some of the problems and point to an optimistic future. (Editor)

This article attempts to describe some things that happen to graduates of the particular kind of CBTE system that has been in operation at Weber State College during the past four years. The author presents both positive and negative viewpoints on the system's success. (Author/PC)

A Head Start training program director designed a practicum to provide a short-term, cost-effective training program for community child care providers interested in earning the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. In addition, a training-of-trainers component was developed for program supervisors interested in serving as advisors to…

The aim of this booklet is to provide answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Child Development Associate (CDA) credentialing program. These questions are (1) What is the CDA program? (2) Who are CDAs? (3) Why is the CDA program important? and, (5) What is the future of the CDA program? In addition to answers to such questions,…

The minicourse and microteaching instructional procedures were perceived as being effective in teaching the concepts identified in the model. (Author)

To train teachers through mere apprenticeships would be an unhealthy over-reaction against excessively scholarly emphases of the recent past. (JH)

This document presents the results of testing upon two groups of graduate-level, preservice, elementary school, student teachers to compare the cost and effectiveness of a performance based teacher education program with a subject-centered teacher education program at the San Diego State University. Six null hypotheses were tested to determine…

This document describes Project Libra, a competency-based, field-centered approach to preparation of library media specialists at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Auburn University (Alabama). Thirteen global objectives for the programs are listed, and competencies within each of these are suggested. The program of study and outlines of…

A competency-based methods course for preservice secondary mathematics teachers is described. Ten competencies, or skills, are identified as necessary for the successful teaching of mathematics. Each student either tests out of or works through a series of modules associated with each skill or competency. The objectives may be either knowledge,…

"Management engineered" teacher education is an instructional method designed to assist teachers in the acquisition, maintenence, and improvement of essential knowledge, skills, attributes, and professional competencies which are necessary to function effectively in varied professional roles. The system aims at improving teachers' performances as…

The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between instructional competencies and other items with which they are often confused, and then to explore specific examples of the relations among these items. Two of the reasons for this confusion are associated with the numerous definitions of the terms competency and the…

This document is the second in a series of evaluation reports by the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas at Austin, assessing the state of teacher centering in Texas and the effects of the University of Houston's Project on School-Based Teacher Educators (SBTE), initiated to create a network of teacher…

This paper is designed to help health educators assess competencies their students must demonstrate to obtain provisional or permanent teacher certification. Four components are covered: (1) the skills, knowledge, and attitudes expected of the professional; (2) assessment procedures; (3) assessment conditions; and (4) assessment standards…