This document consists of three parts. Part one is Merrow's review, with political emphasis, of competency-based teacher education (CBTE). This article a) examines the origins of CBTE; b) presents a definition of CBTE; c) outlines some of CBTE's problems; d) looks at CBTE specifically in California, Texas, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York;…

This 196-item annotated bibliography contains components of a competency-based training and certification system for teachers serving children in Pennsylvania day care programs. It is the appendix of a final report sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Child Development. The organizational topics and number of…

The new teacher education program developed by Illinois State University attempts to establish interdisciplinary cooperation among social scientists and educationalists to prepare social science specialists to teach at the intermediate grade levels. The major aspects of the program are a) Specialist Teacher Concept, b) Interdisciplinary Thrust, c)…

The effectiveness of two performance-based teacher education programs at Washington State University were compared. The programs were identical in content, performance objectives, and textbooks. In one program, however, the content was presented through independent study modules; the other program presented the content through regular classroom…

Student satisfaction was used as an interim success criterion of competency-based instruction in this evaluation of the 1972-73 Reading and Language Arts Teacher Education (RELATE) project. Project RELATE is a field-oriented, competency-based teacher education curriculum developed by the Indiana University system. Students (N=30) enrolled as…

This handbook reports on some experiences with competency-based teacher education (CBTE) and is designed to serve as an instrument for self-examination and change. Chapter 1 presents 22 generic teaching competencies, which are a result of a reexamination of the 1973 Interim Inventory of 66 Generic Teaching Competencies (Generic 66). Chapter 2…

In 1971 six rural, eastern Kansas School Districts collaborated with Kansas State Teachers College in the development of portal schools. Four-year goals and first-year objectives were established and a steering committee comprised of representatives of each significant role group was organized to transact business associated with the development…

This document describes one of the new, experimental pre-student teaching programs developed by the Division of Teacher Education at California State University. These experimental programs were initiated in the wake of the drastic changes the current teacher supply and demand situation is forcing on teacher education. Included in this document…

After a brief introduction to and description of education personnel preparation certification and employment in New York State, the Board of Regents' goal for teacher education is stated as the establishment of a system of certification by which the state can assure the public that professional personnel in the schools possess and maintain…

This article discusses alternative models for the involvement of school districts in the training of teachers. Two approaches for the training of prospective teachers are discussed. The first is the Individualized Teacher Preparation Program (ITP). The components of ITP include seminars organized to meet the needs or interests of students in…

The booklet describes professional skills thought to be essential for teachers of language handicapped children in the areas of diagnosis, instruction, and evaluation. These skills were developed by Project CHILD, a research effort to validate identification, intervention, and teacher education programs for use with language handicapped children.…

The annotated bibliography on competency based teacher education and evaluation contains approximately 55 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents published from 1955 to 1974 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC).…

Current performance objectives of a field-based reading education program and factors which influence their selection and revision are presented in this paper. The role of teacher educators in the determination of performance objectives for field-based course work is discussed. It is suggested that the teacher-educator must draw on experiences and…

The traditional content of teacher preparation courses in reading and language arts is compared with competency-based courses which use as a base a working definition of reading, psycholinguistic aspects of the reading process, and certain linguistic features, such as the language development of children, various grammars, and dialect variances.…

A study of student teacher evaluation forms was conducted in the hope that publication of the results would allow teacher preparation institutions in New York State to measure their own progress toward implementation of a competency-based teacher education program. Eighty-nine evaluation forms from approved programs in education were analyzed to…