This student guide is part of a protocol learning module designed to teach the prospective teacher the importance of being aware of classroom activities and some critical factors in deterring deviant behavior. The entire module consists of this guide, a protocol film, and testing materials. The student guide contains: (a) instruction in the use of…

This interim report concerns initial accomplishments of objectives designed for a projected 5-year performance-based education project. This project is unique in that it is designed to encompass more than the teacher education division in conversion to a competency/performance-based approach to postsecondary education. Detailed objectives for the…

This paper identifies critical issues of performance-based teacher education (PBTE), relates them to influences on policies for educational professions, and makes recommendations for future action by the U.S. Office of Education (USOE). The rapid growth of PBTE is creating unrealistic expectations for educational reform which may prematurely…

The special study institute report proposed an alternative approach to manpower development guidelines for special education and teacher training programs which centered on the development of measurable competency based training criteria for special class teachers. Briefly reviewed are the background, planning, and design of the institute.…

Project Flagship, the 1974 Distinguished Achievement Awards entry from State University College at Buffalo, New York, is a competency-based teacher education model using laboratory instruction. The special features of this model include a) stated objectives and criteria for evaluation, b) individualized instruction, c) individualized learning…

This study attempts to generate hypotheses concerning teacher performance in the classroom. Seventeen teachers were videotaped while teaching a lesson. Pupils completed an achievement test and a rating scale of these teachers which placed the teacher in a high-, medium, or low-effect group. A comparison of the frequency and types of questioning…

Following more than 2 years of study and research, the faculty of the College of Education developed a plan whereby the student experience is focused on three major elements: a) the Individualized Learning System, b) the Field Experience, and c) the Personal Development Experience. These three elements are integrated to constitute a total learning…

This document is the proceedings of the 1972 annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE); the theme was "The Profession, Politics and Society." The speeches and topics comprising this volume are the Thirteenth Charles W. Hunt Lecture: "Beyond the Upheaval," by Edward C. Pomeroy; "Policy and Decision Making…

Lehigh University's Social Restoration Program prepares teachers via an experimental action-internship model to work with delinquent and predelinquent youth in a variety of settings. The program is field centered and competency based, combining theory with practice in each of the three phases of the program. Phase one, the preinternship practicum,…

This study reports on the results of polling three juries representing a cross section of authorities, supervisors, and outstanding teachers in English to identify desirable concepts and competencies which should be included in an English methods course for prospective secondary school teachers. Data for this study were obtained from a…

Questions are reaised in making performance-based teacher education (PBTE) a more humanistic enterprise. A definition of the term "humanistic" could include such qualities as freedom, uniqueness, creativity, productivity, wholeness, responsibility, and social humanization. As to freedom, a humanistic approach to PBTE would encourage people to act…

This volume is the second of two documents concerning a performance-based undergraduate program for teacher education at Brooklyn College. Appendixes relating to the first volume are presented. These appendixes include position papers on teaching-learning centers, the campus media center, design for counseling services and affective education, the…

The National Commission on Performance-Based Education was formed to coordinate and integrate nationally plans of performance-based teacher education. The goals of the commission are defining competence, evaluating it, training for it, and managing programs of performance-based education and certification. The initial programs of the commission…

This investigation involved the evaluation and analysis of the degree to which competency-based teacher education (CBTE) preservice reading competencies were judged to reflect selected factors of teacher effectiveness. Twenty-two generic competencies developed by the state of Pennsylvania, twelve selected factors of teacher effectiveness…

A competency-based assessment procedure for the training and selection of preschool teachers has been developed using the content validation strategy and a variety of measurement techniques. Those certified under this procedure will be called Child Development Associates. A list of competencies, generated and agreed upon by a large number of Child…