This bibliography contains listings of bibliographies, annotated bibliographies, catalogs of holdings, and multimedia materials on competency-based teacher education. The information provided includes the author, title, publisher, date of publication, and the number of pages. Publication dates are all post - 1970. ERIC ED numbers are provided for…

This document reports on the results of a survey of competency-based teacher education (CBTE) programs in Michigan. A survey form including a general definition of CBTE was sent to 30 teacher education institutions; 100 percent responded. Thirteen reported no CBTE programs at present, and 17 reported having CBTE programs which varied from one…

This paper provides a background of the major issues and concerns associated with the concept of competency-based teacher education (CBTE). The tenor of the literature reviewed ranged from confidence in the concept as a catalyst for rebirth in teacher education to widespread pessimism because of inadequate research to justify such a movement. This…

This paper lists objectives for the 39 courses that make up the competency-based elementary teacher education program of the University of Toledo. Courses are divided into three blocks. Block one deals with acquiring skills and includes courses such as "Performance Skills in Inquiry,""AV Equipment Operating,""Systems Design," and "School…

The following objectives for the conference are indicated: a) to assist interested leaders from all educational levels and agencies to learn more about performance-based education (PBE) strategy: its nature, promise, and problems and its implications for preservice and in-service educational personnel development; b) to assist leaders from all…

This paper, in an attempt to develop a meaning for the term "competency" as it relates to education, begins with a brief review of the literature of competency. The authors then offer their definition: a competency is a rational performance which satisfactorily meets the objectives for a desired condition and can be categorized as (a) basic, or…

This document presents 66 statements of generic (common to all areas, subjects, and levels) teaching competencies, culled from over 500,000 submitted by 1,400 programs in 83 Pennsylvania colleges and universities. It is warned that this is a working document presented for validation and revision and is dated by authorships prior to 1972. The 66…

Performance of competency-based learning activities during field experience provided for: (1) the elimination of learning gaps and redundant information; (2) an increase in school-university cooperation; (3) more objective evaluation of teaching-as-career by the student; and (4) facilitation of criterion-referenced assessment based on individual…

The author gives a tongue-in-cheek account of the results of the next five years' research on competency-based teacher education. (IRT)

The article discusses the need for new and different programmatic alternatives to train competent teachers in the future. The relationships between learning disabilities, competency based teacher education programs, and hierarchical theories of human development are explored and preliminary suggestions are offered in hopes of producing alternative…

An analysis of interpretations of the term PBTE and PBTE's workings as a practical movement. Recommended is the replacement of performance'' with competency.'' (JA)

This article discusses how PBTE can serve as a model for training teachers in a multicultural setting and proposes means of defining competency in a multicultural setting. (JA)

Humor is a competency that should be developed by all teachers. (MM)