Individualizing any educational program poses the problems of investigating the effects of different environments on different persons and developing appropriate strategies for matching environment to individual learners to enable them to perform to the fullest of their abilities. (JD)

The authors describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of an instructional module designed to facilitate the acquisition by teachers of competencies required to work with mildly handicapped children who have reading problems. (SBH)

Discusses the problems of knowing what effects present day educational endeavors, such as compentancy based teacher education, actually have on students. (SL)

Pressure for competency based teaching and the need for models of teacher effectiveness for teacher education prompted this research on the influences on cognitive and affective learning. The results indicate that teacher personality is an influence and that during the elementary years the affective domain is more important than the cognitive.…

Considered are issues in the preparation of teachers of children with learning and behavior disorders especially in relation to non-categorical competency based programs. (DB)

Reports findings of a study conducted at a midwestern university to determine whether a battery of basic skills tests would accurately predict student success in professional education courses. Concludes that test performance was consistent with the general grade point average throughout the college. (FL)

From data gathered from several groups, including administrators, supervisors, and teacher educators of vocational-technical and home economics education, seven basic principles of supervision (composed of 74 performance-oriented competencies) were identified for use as guidelines in developing a curriculum for the preparation of supervisors of…

The purpose of Competency-Based Teacher Education programs is to provide education for teachers that focuses on the development of those competencies--knowledge, skills, and ways of acting--that are most effective in the classroom. This article investigated how the CBTE approach will affect music education. (Author/RK)

In an examination of methods courses for students of vocational agriculture education, concern is expressed about whether Vo-Ag teachers are mastering techniques which invite student participation. A national survey in which methods course syllabi were analyzed for emphasis on developing competence in teaching techniques is described, and…

Describes the use of three educational innovations--prototypes, simulations, and protocol materials--in teacher education programs. Sample lessons and evaluations of each of the innovations are provided. (Author/DB)

Staff involvement, needs assessment, and professional consultants are used to avoid the three usual causes of inservice failure. (JD)

This article reports on the introduction of Competency Based Teacher Education concepts into the curriculum of the Department of Science Education at the University of Georgia. (MB)

A description of a self-paced, competency based teacher education program at Illinois State University. (HB)