Examined in a national survey of 258 special education teacher training programs in colleges and universities were program components of federally funded competency based (DBTE) programs and federally funded noncompetency based (NCBTE) programs. Department chairpersons answered mailed questionnaires specific for either a CBTE a NCBTE program.…

This monograph consists of five papers originating from a 1974 conference entitled, "Field-Based Teacher Education for the '80's." The first paper, "Public School-College Cooperation in the Field-Based Education of Teachers (FBTE)--A Historical Perspective," by James L. Slay, focuses on how the historical development of public school cooperation…

Groups of teachers in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan identified 143 characteristics a competent elementary school teacher should have in order to teach science. When teacher educators were asked to rate these competencies major discrepancies became obvious. Teacher educators placed a very important value on competencies which were rated low or as…

The purpose of this project was to develop and field test a model for delivering teaching competency instruction to inexperienced vocational teachers. An off-campus course was developed utilizing six individualized learning packages or modules based on 38 competencies considered most important for beginning teachers. Twelve teachers from the three…

Presented is a competency based curriculum for the preparation of teachers of very young (0-6 years old) handicapped children which includes knowledge and application competencies in the areas of child growth and development, caregiving approaches, caregiving curriculum and physical environment, and self development and human relations.…

The report is an evaluation of the Career Education Personnel Model Project (CEPM), which was initiated for the Michigan Department of Education in the spring of 1972. The purpose of CEPM project was to develop competency-based instructional models for the preparation and training of personnel who plan and implement career education programs. The…

Discussed is a comptency-based program (CBP) for certifying teachers of gifted and talented students in North Carolina by 1977. It is explained that the CBP offers an alternative to required graduate study and involves a visiting team's evaluation of the teacher's knowledge of the gifted and ability to develop and implement a comprehensive…

This report describes the first phase of a longitudinal study of the Sixth Cycle Teacher Corps program, focusing on the relationship between intern background characteristics, Teacher Corps Program characteristics, and intern exit characteristics. Data about all Sixth Cycle projects that prepared elementary school teachers were collected at each…

This document on changing patterns of teacher education in the United States is divided into three sections. Section 1, "Some Contextual Factors," covers the following topics: governmental issues; planning and management, the scientific base for educational practice, ideology and politics, and governance of teacher education. Section 2, is…

The third interim report of a project to develop a prototype competency based training program for the preparation of special education consultants is intended to serve as a dissemination model detailing module topics, competency statements, and competency components of the 13 modules or training packages. Summarized is the history of the project…

This report is one of a series of nine reports of Project ACTIVE (Attaining Competence for Teaching in Vocational Education), a project categorized into three sections: (1) Teaching Components--Cooperative Vocational Education, Industrial Arts, Trade and Industrial, Vocational Business Education, (2) Leadership…

Describes an evaluation of performance-based teacher education (PBTE) programs conducted in three Australian states for technical and further education teachers during 1979. The objectives of the research included effectiveness of the PBTE approach, reactions of participants in the programs, and institutional considerations in its operation.…

A study was conducted to identify and gain consensus on teacher competencies that should be demonstrated by industrial arts student teachers. Classroom teachers, teacher educators, and supervisors rated 90 percent of the 81 competencies studied as being of extremely high, high, or medium importance. (LRA)

This study was concerned with the measurement of a set of indicators of teacher competence, defined by the teachers themselves as observable in their classroom behavior. It was concluded that keys could be constructed to yield stable and consistent measures of most indicators of competency. (Authors/JN)

Implications from research on teaching in the elementary grades indicate that teachers do make a difference in student learning, that a variety of teaching behaviors is needed for different teaching situations, and that behavior patterns, rather than isolated skills, should be defined for competency-based teacher education and teacher evaluation.…