Faced with sizable oil revenues and the need and desire to expand and diversify its industrial potential, Saudi Arabia is improving its vocational training efforts and attempting to involve as many of its citizens in vocational training programs as possible. At present, Saudi Arabia is having to import skilled workers to keep up with necessary…

As the first phase of a three-phase process to implement a CBTE (Competency Based Teacher Education) program in vocational industrial teacher education at the Pennsylvania State University, a study was undertaken to identify and verify teaching competencies for industrial education teacher education. After developing a list of 173 competencies, a…

The Community College of Vermont has developed a Student Progress Portfolio designed to help students become self-reliant and continuous learners. The Portfolio is divided into four primary sections: Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation. It is intended to be used as a handbook by either groups or individuals to establish…

One of a set of seven instructional materials designed for competency-based vocational education administrator education, this module is intended to assist the learner in developing or reacquiring the necessary skills to administer a quality staff development program. Emphasis is placed on four skills related to meeting teachers' inservice needs:…

One of twelve individualized performance-based modules, each based on a major competency needed by vocational administrators for effectively administering vocational education in local education agencies, this module focuses on developing competency in the following areas: writing educational specifications, describing the differences between…

Part of a 13-volume series designed to be used as a group inservice or a self-learning system to train school administrators and counselors for their role in career education, this third section (8.3) of module 8 consists of readings and four activities to assist counselors in preparation for their role as coordinators of school and community…

The vocational-technical staff at State Fair Community College conducted a curriculum research project in which twenty-one previously developed modules were revised and updated and seventy-two new modules of individualized mediated instructional materials were developed in the occupational areas of (1) agribusiness, (2) business and office…

To assist teachers and students in understanding the latest concepts and functions of the automobile, this curriculum guide treats both the skills and knowledge necessary for auto mechanics. Developed by an advisory committee of instructors and mechanics in the industry, this manual consists of the following five sections: orientation and safety;…

This module on assessing the needs of disadvantaged students is one of a set of seven on vocational students and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum intended for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial education.…

This module on fiscal management of a vocational education program is one of a set of eight on administration and supervision and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial…

The guide is intended for preservice and inservice teachers on all levels as they prepare and implement behavioral objectives and learning packages. Behavioral objectives are statements which describe what students will be able to do after completing a prescribed unit of instruction. Learning activity packages are self-instructional and self-paced…

The document provides instruction on developing learning packages for classroom use in social studies. The rationale is that learning packages provide a workable means of individualizing classroom instruction. The document is presented in 12 chapters. Chapter I offers an overview of learning packages, suggests ideas necessary to package…

The Preservice Reading Education Program (PREP) is a competency-based teacher education program for elementary and early childhood education students. It focuses on the following five major activities: (1) the coordination of an organized program in reading education around identified teacher competencies; (2) the individualization of instruction…

This module is designed to give the learner the opportunity to experience the difference between one-way and two-way communication. Activities in both types of communication are presented and reviewed in group discussions as they relate to feelings, timing, and accuracy of response. (MJM)

This module allows the learner to examine the manner in which he/she interacts by providing a sample of possible interactions and having the learner demonstrate human relations skills by interacting with others. Role playing, group discussion, and feedback form the crux of this module. (MJM)