This document describes a program which attempts to comply with the New York State Regents' plan requiring that all programs leading to teacher certification be reorganized in a competency-based, field-centered format. Part one of the document is a note to the student. Part two is a description of the program, including (a) a position statement;…

This four-part paper on competency-based teacher education (CBTE) in Michigan contains the following sections: (a) the development of CBTE in Michigan, consisting of a chronology of events dating from 1971, and a listing of CBTE grants programs in 1974; (b) a survey of CBTE programs in Michigan, including an overview of the programs and status…

The diversity of geographic location and type of student in the Toledo diocesan school system have made it increasingly important for instruction to become individualized. Upon investigation of the system's needs and possibilities for change, a competency-based curriculum model was selected because it offered a structured, systematic, planning,…

Presented is the second of 12 instructional kits, on learning theories, for a performance based teacher education program which was developed by Project CHILD, a research effort to validate identification, intervention, and teacher education programs for language handicapped children. Included in the kit are directions for preassessment tasks for…

Presented is the third of 12 instructional kits, on characteristics of the language disabled (LD) child, for a performance based teacher education program which was developed by Project CHILD, a research effort to validate identification, intervention, and teacher education programs for LD children. Included in the kit are directions for…

Presented is the seventh of 12 instructional kits, on the development of measurable objectives, for a performance based teacher education program which was developed by Project CHILD, a research effort to validate identification, intervention, and teacher education programs for language handicapped children. Included in the kit are directions for…

Presented is the eighth of 12 instructional kits, on teaching methods, for a performance based teacher education program which was developed by Project CHILD, a research effort to validate identification, intervention, and teacher education programs for language handicapped children. Included in the kit are directions for preassessment tasks for…

Presented is the ninth of 12 instructional kits, on student monitoring techniques, for a performance based teacher education program which was developed by Project CHILD, a research effort to validate identification, intervention, and teacher education programs for language handicapped children. Included in the kit are directions for preassessment…

The first step in ascertaining the content areas in which prospective high school English teachers need preparation is to conduct a survey of teachers already in the schools. In this survey, teachers would rate both the importance of each content area in their teaching and their competence as teachers in those areas. After information from the…

Competency-based teacher education (CBTE) cannot be defended unless a systematic large-scale research effort is directed to discovering the linkage between patterns of teacher behavior and student change. A more immediate need, however, is the development of techniques that (a) permit assessment of skills trainees possess, and (b) provide training…

This is one of a series of eight Teacher Education Modules developed by Adams State College Teacher Corps Program. The 11 modules in this social studies sequence for the elementary education student have five goals: a) to enable interns to participate in inductive learning situations, b) to introduce interns to some basic concepts of each of the…

This document reports on the efforts of one teacher training program, the Early Childhood Integrated Year Program at Queens College, CUNY, to implement performance-competency-based teacher education (P-CBTE) with specific reference to the use of instructional modules as a strategy for developing competencies. The philosophy underlying the program…

Presented is a discussion of the evaluation of a parity model, competency-based teacher education (CBTE) program in science education. The evaluation design seeks answers to six questions: (1) Does a competent teacher emerge from the program? (2) Is the program valid with respect to the Concerns Model postulated by Fuller's work? (3) Do the…

This student guide is part of a learning module on the language concept of feedback related to effective teaching, which was developed as part of the Utah State University Protocol Materials Project. The complete module consists of the student guide, a protocol film, and testing materials. The student guide contains: (a) an introduction to…

This study analyzed 42 of the 50 studies on performance-based teacher education cited by Rosenshine and Furst and the teaching variables proposed. The studies were analyzed for seven characteristics: a) criterion of student achievement, b) operational definitions of teaching behavior, c) statistical results, d) legitimacy of statistical tests, e)…