Focusing on individual abilities and needs, on objectives, and on the sharing process by which these objectives are formulated and used as the basis of evaluation--and given its efficiency (enhanced by feedback)--performance-based teacher education (PBTE) offers valuable alternatives to current curriculum requirements, course offerings, and credit…

The developmental effort described in this paper concerns the components of individualized performance-based instructional packages (modules) designed to develop professional competencies needed for vocational teachers. The research project was conducted by two state universities in cooperation with The Center for Vocational and Technical…

This paper reviews the background research for and discusses the developmental foundations of the performance-based teacher education project at The Center for Vocational and Technical Education at The Ohio State University. Phase I of the project was concerned with performance requirements for vocational education teachers, and Phase II was…

Proposed in this document is a research and development program aimed at perfecting performance-based teacher training and assessment techniques. The program is described as a) being field centered (training and assessment techniques being accepted as a result of their observed effectiveness in the classroom), b) being achievement oriented, c)…

This paper presents a screening procedure for potential teachers of speech that encourages self-appraisal and provides an opportunity for the students to remove himself from the program. The author briefly examines past efforts to predict the performance of potential teachers; reviews qualities to be looked for in effective speech teachers; and…

This document describes the Performance Based Undergraduate Program for the education of teachers at Brooklyn College--a program which encompasses the performance-based field-centered approach and the identification and analysis of teaching behaviors. Evaluation and feedback techniques are described as necessary parts of the curriculum for each of…

The purposes of the project at Western Kentucky University were a) to serve as a data-collection agency for the National Project, b) to assist the Teacher Corps faculty in developing competency-based instruction, and c) to monitor the effectiveness of the competency-based instruction provided by the teacher education faculty. Three indicators to…

This report reviews the implications of South Carolina State College's model elementary school program. The program places special emphasis on performance-based teacher education. Models were developed utilizing system design techniques which have the following features: a) personalized and individualized instruction, b) simulated professional…

The City University of New York Competency Based Teacher Education Project (CUNY-CBTEP) in Special Education studied Modularization, focusing on the variables in the instructional setting that facilitate learning from modular materials for a wide range of students. Four of the five modules for the training of special education teachers developed…

Described in the final report is a 3-year project which prepared 25 teachers at Master's degree level in a practicum based teacher training program for preschool handicapped children. Stressed are the program's objective of developing effective teachers able to cope with behavioral and educational problems irrespective of purported etiologies or…

The annotated bibliography on Competency Based Teacher Education and Evaluation contains approximately 85 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1955 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources…

An investigation of the effectiveness of a mathematics course for preservice elementary teachers showed that the use of mastery learning principles in a traditional classroom setting can be effective. (SD)

An expanded notion of personnel training for the aurally handicapped adolescent is explored and developed, and a competency model describing developmental/competency areas, types/levels of competencies, supra-components, use of the model, and delivery of training is presented. (BD)

Attempts to define the essence of the PBTE approach, analyzes the absence of a research base connecting teacher behavior and student learning and the inadvisability of construing teacher education as a problem of developing effective teachers, as well as arguing that PBTE is a political and educational movement. (Author/RK)