This packet of learning plans focuses on personalizing the teacher education experience through the APACE program (A Personalized Approach to Competency-Based Education). A rationale, objectives, learning activities, and evaluation procedures are presented for specific topics in the areas of the nature of learning, planning, teaching, knowledge of…

Three external degree programs--National Ed.D. Program for Educational Leaders, Nova University (Florida); University External Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh; and Field Centered Courses, Department of Early Childhood Education, Kent State University--are compared on the basis of a series of questions. Is the course designed for a…

If music is to continue to play an important role in the lives of young people, their individual needs must be considered. Individualized instruction can work in music ecuation. (Author)

The course contains rationales, objectives, and learning activities divided into task packages for a sequence of 12 typewriting units for the secondary school level. Unit one on the keyboard covers techniques, machine parts, spacing after punctuation and keyboard symbols, and proofreading and erasing. Unit two on typing essentials covers…

In order to create and develop an individualized, goal-oriented curriculum for teaching a two-semester composition sequence on the college level, this project first instituted an innovative curriculum in two randomly filled and selected freshman composition sections, and then compared the progress of these students with that of students randomly…

A self-instructional law course was developed at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and has been well received by the students. The self-instructional method of teaching appears to be conducive to learning as indicated by the performance of the student in the course. (LBH)

The Secondary Education Individualized Instruction Project is an attempt to place the preservice course, SED 351--Teaching in Secondary Schools, on an individualized mode, using a systems-oriented, competency-based approach. During the summer session of 1970, the specification of course objectives and development of instructional packers was…

Describes an undergraduate chemical engineering course which has been taught by a self-paced instructional method at Howard University, Washington, D.C. The instructional method, course description, and students' grades are also discussed. (HM)

In the fall of 1974, a teacher preparation project for community college vocational/technical teachers in Texas was initiated by the Texas Education Agency and resulted in the creation of a systems approach model for planning, developing, and implementing instruction that might be adapted to all instructional and training programs. Based on the…

The set of 13 units is designed for use with an instructor in actual machine shop practice and is also keyed to audio visual and textual materials. Each unit contains a series of task packages which: specify prerequisites within the series (minimum is Unit 1); provide a narrative rationale for learning; list both general and specific objectives in…

The set of 10 units is designed for use with an instructor as an introduction to technical drafting, and is also keyed to other texts. Each unit contains several task packages specifying prerequisites, rationale for learning, objectives, learning activities to be supervised by the instructor, and learning practice. The units cover: drafting…

The sequence of 10 units is designed for use with an instructor in architectural drafting, and is also keyed to other texts. Each unit contains several task packages specifying prerequisites, rationale for learning, objectives, learning activities to be supervised by the instructor, and learning practice. The units cover: architectural lettering…

The set of six units is designed for use with an instructor in basic technical drafting and is also keyed to other texts. Each unit contains several task packages specifying prerequisites, rationale for learning, objectives, learning activities to be supervised by the instructor, and learning practice. The units cover: pictorial drawing; screw…