In this transcript of "Options in Education," a weekly feature on National Public Radio, a group of experts--George Weber, Reed Whittemore, Goodman Ace, Herbert O. Reid, Albert Shanker, Harold Hodgkinson, Zachary Clements, Joseph Cronin, John Pittenger, and Richard King--interpret the back-to-basics movement. (IRT)

A discussion on how competency based education can be used to revitalize traditional classroom teaching methods. (HB)

The Competency Profile Analysis System (CAP) is useful for planning training programs focusing on competency-based learning systems. The basic assumptions of the CAP System and its five phases (basic CAP document, validation, preparation of objectives, development of learning modules, and development of learning sites and resources) are detailed.…

Competency-based vocational education, focusing on occupational competencies, should be integrated into the curriculum for educating and training seafarers. (JOW)

Questions the teaching methods implemented in competency-based vocational education open entry/open exit programs. One of the problems is that the skills taught have little to do with keeping a job. (JOW)

Describes Saint Petersburg Vocational Technical Institute's transition to competency-based instruction and an open-entry/open-exit system. (SK)

Describes a flowchart to be used in developing competency-based vocational education materials. The flowchart leads the developer logically through the process and to the point where s/he will be comfortable with competency-based materials. (JOW)

Reaction to the article, "A Critical Analysis of Competency Based Systems in Adult Education," was altogether a surprise. The author believes that, for a better understanding of human action and its vital manifestations, we need to apply our categories in a less trenchant manner, checking them continuously for their relevance to life-world…

Describes a survey of the use of competency-based education among graduate media programs in 109 colleges. (BD)

Presents a case for competency-based education as it applies to instruction in English as a second language. Competency-based education is necessary to help all adult learners cope with the increasing demands of our society and English as a second language can no longer go on in isolation. (JOW)

A guide for administrators and teachers who want to identify life-role competencies and classroom instruction to match the competencies. (Author)

Discusses educating for the professions where teachers seek to enable students to engage in professional practice as competent practitioners, questions the adequacy of traditional approaches for promoting competence practice, and suggests that competence development focus on enriching experience of practice and change in the structure of the…

With knowledge gained at the Arizona Counselors Academy, solid support from administrators and a well-developed manual, Tucson is an excellent example of a comprehensive competency-based guidance program. This case study examines how Tucson developed a new program and got buy-in from the powers that be. (GCP)

A literature review examined what aspects of performance should be assessed, what methods are appropriate, whether competency-based assessments should be graded, whether assessments should be done in the workplace or training institutions, and whose responsibility they are. Competence should be very broadly defined as both technical skills and as…