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What is outcomes-based education? |
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Outcomes-based education is a method of curriculum design and teaching that focuses on what students can actually do after they are taught. OBE addresses the key questions as:
a) What do you want the students to learn?
b) Why do you want them to learn it?
c) How can you best help students learn it?
d) How will you know what they have learnt?
Spady (1993) explains that the theory of outcomes-based education rests on three assumptions:
(1) that every student can be a successful learner;
(2) that success, once experienced, leads to more success; and
(3) that school staff need to understand that they have control over the conditions which make it possible for success to be enjoyed by all students. Adapted from http://www.ntu.edu.au/education/ntier/newsletter/OBE.htmlOnly registered users can write comments.
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