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GUIDELINES FOR A COMPETENCY-BASED MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION STUDENTS

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Date Issued:
1983
Summary:
Teachers of Adult Basic Education need certain competencies to teach undereducated adult learners. Presently, teachers have very little specialized training or preparation in how to teach these ABE students. There are few agencies or institutions from which people can obtain these competencies. After a search of the literature, Donald Mocker's prioritized list of ABE teacher competencies was chosen as the model to send to three groups of educators (higher education personnel, practitioners of ABE, and state department personnel). Through a survey of these adult educators and a prioritizing process, the list of 153 high priority teacher competencies was refined to a more manageable list of fifty-one competencies. The competencies were divided into the categories of Scope and Goal of Adult Education, Curriculum, ABE Learner, and Instructional Process. Since fifty-one competencies were ranked as important by adult educators, they are recommended for use as: an evaluation tool to discern whether ABE teachers possess them; a basis for in-service programs to train existing teachers; and/or a program of study to be offered by institutions of higher education for a college major, minor, or area of interest in Adult Basic Education. Seven courses are recommended, composed of or based on the fifty-one competencies. They are as follows: Principles of Adult Learning; Basic Reading, Writing, Oral Communication; Individualized Instruction; Creative Adult Learning; Characteristics of Adult Learners; Counseling Adults; and Psychology of Adult Learning. The competency-based teacher education program suggested in this study could be used by state departments of education as guidelines for a teacher certification program to insure that there would be well-prepared and well-qualified ABE teachers.
Title: GUIDELINES FOR A COMPETENCY-BASED MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION STUDENTS.
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Name(s): KLINEDINST, MARY ALLEN REID.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1983
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 212 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Teachers of Adult Basic Education need certain competencies to teach undereducated adult learners. Presently, teachers have very little specialized training or preparation in how to teach these ABE students. There are few agencies or institutions from which people can obtain these competencies. After a search of the literature, Donald Mocker's prioritized list of ABE teacher competencies was chosen as the model to send to three groups of educators (higher education personnel, practitioners of ABE, and state department personnel). Through a survey of these adult educators and a prioritizing process, the list of 153 high priority teacher competencies was refined to a more manageable list of fifty-one competencies. The competencies were divided into the categories of Scope and Goal of Adult Education, Curriculum, ABE Learner, and Instructional Process. Since fifty-one competencies were ranked as important by adult educators, they are recommended for use as: an evaluation tool to discern whether ABE teachers possess them; a basis for in-service programs to train existing teachers; and/or a program of study to be offered by institutions of higher education for a college major, minor, or area of interest in Adult Basic Education. Seven courses are recommended, composed of or based on the fifty-one competencies. They are as follows: Principles of Adult Learning; Basic Reading, Writing, Oral Communication; Individualized Instruction; Creative Adult Learning; Characteristics of Adult Learners; Counseling Adults; and Psychology of Adult Learning. The competency-based teacher education program suggested in this study could be used by state departments of education as guidelines for a teacher certification program to insure that there would be well-prepared and well-qualified ABE teachers.
Identifier: 11829 (digitool), FADT11829 (IID), fau:8753 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1983.
College of Education
Subject(s): Adult education teachers--Training of
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