An ethnographic study of adult literacy classes in Egypt depicted rote recitation, copying, and dictation as forms of ritual that maintain social order. A sequence of framing, modeling, practicing, performing, and evaluating was followed. Focus was on correct performance rather than interpretation, comprehension, or critical evaluation. (SK)

A competency-based education program trained 217 unlicensed assistive health care personnel. Participants gained knowledge and skills and expressed eagerness to learn more and work on teams. The job description was revised into the position of nurse extenders. (SK)

Examines practical issues of measuring and reporting competencies. Explores the pursuit of common systems for counting, describing, and measuring competencies. Provides an overview of the role that validity and reliability play in the process of making competencies transportable, both within and outside postsecondary education. (EV)

Provides techniques for identifying a particular score, or standard, that differentiates student competence from non-competence. Outlines explicit procedures for developing appropriate standards that can assist institutions in resisting legal challenges when the results of testing are contested. (EV)

Peter Webster believes that a study of the history of music teaching and learning in North America will likely reveal very few examples of extended and well-argued professional discourse. By "discourse" he means a continuous expression or exchange of ideas designed to present contrasting views on important issues in the music teaching…

Research has shown that there are differing competency requirements for instructional design and technology professionals working in different career environments such as business and industry, higher education, K-12 education, government, military, nonprofit organizations and the health professions. Over the past two decades, the instructional…

One way in which universities have sought to articulate the outcomes of a university education is through a description of the attributes of their graduates. Recent calls for universities to demonstrate the quality of their outcomes and processes have prompted a re-examination of the generic graduate attribute outcomes many Australian universities…

Emerging engineers need to rely on a whole body of scientific and technical knowledge, but also on a wide set of competencies. For engineering schools a competency objectives approach requires specific pedagogical methods. Some competencies based on skills and attitudes are difficult to develop through traditional teaching, so in 2003 our…

Preparing quality teachers has become a global concern as all nations strive for excellence at all levels. Yet, there is little consensus around what constitutes quality and how quality teachers might best be attained. This article takes up the issue of quality teacher preparation by exploring several pivotal questions: What might quality teaching…

The main aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of the competency-based web learning material (CBWLM) on the self-directed learning aptitude (SDLA) of college students. Specifically, it seeks to investigate, statistically, the changes in SDLAs at different stages of competency-based web learning (CBWL) over an eight-week period. The sample of…

An essential component of applied behavior analysis programs for teaching children with autism is discrete trials teaching. Experiment 1 investigated the effectiveness of a self-instructional manual for teaching university students to correctly apply discrete-trials teaching to teach three tasks to confederates role-playing children with autism.…

The purpose of this project was to aid vocational teacher education in preparing teachers to install and manage competency-based vocational programs. The project activities included a national workshop for leadership personnel from eleven selected institutions, a series of on-site training workshops for teacher education faculty at the…

One of two workshop modules developed to be used in training vocational teacher education personnel how to adapt, utilize, and implement performance-based teacher education (PBTE) curricula materials, this module (X-102) was specifically designed for the large number of teacher educators and other leaders who participated in the twenty-four…

One of two workshop modules developed to be used in training vocational teacher education personnel how to adapt, utilize, and implement performance-based teacher education (PBTE) curricula materials, this module (X-101) was specifically designed for the leadership teams who attended the two national workshops conducted as a part of the National…

Research identified necessary competencies of adult education administrators and adult basic education (ABE) instructors, utilizing a modification of the Delphi technique. An extensive list of competencies was developed from a variety of sources and grouped under six major areas for adult education administrators and four major areas for ABE…