A performance‐based teacher education program

Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE): A Review of the Literature

“…Each competency is acquired through learning packs comprising an explanation of the competency and its purpose, a behavioural objective, a pretest of proficiency, concepts to be learned, questions to be answered, required learning activities, optional learning activities and a description of the evaluation. 7 Difficulties arise when attempting to define, precisely, a teacher's role. Generally it is reckoned to comprise three components, knowledge, technique, and style.…”

“…Both existing CBTE schemes and those proposed are influenced by much.of the current criticism and pay attention to the need for continuing research and acceptance of some norm-based criteria. The scheme at Illinois State University, 27 has catered for thousands of teachers since 1971-72 by programmes derived from explicit .statements of teacher roles for which competencies, clearly stated as behavioural objectives, are used. Students, direct their own programmes using a variety of methods and resources, and with built in feedback allowing continuous revision.…”