Outcome-Based Education MT 638 Flashcards
(39 cards)
Outcome based Education was introduced by
William Spady
Is Outcome-Based Education graded or not
Not graded
Should Outcome-Based Education
have verbs that cannot be measured?
No it should not
(vers such as learn, understand, etc.)
Does Outcome-Based Education follow Bloom’s taxonomy?
Yes
Means clearly focusing and organizing everything in an educational system around what is essential for all students to be able to do successfully at the end of their learning experiences
Outcome-Based Education
(Spady & Uy 2014)
It is a process that involves the restructuring of curriculum, assessment and reporting practices in education to reflect the achievement of higher order learning and mastery rather than accumulation of course credits
Outcome-Based Education
(Tucker 2004)
(This means starting with a clear picture of what is important
for students to be able to do
organizing curriculum, instruction, and assessment to
make sure this learning ultimately happens)
Implies that the best way to learn is to first determine what needs to be achieved
Outcome-Based Education
(Once the desired results or exit outcomes have been determined, the strategies,
processes, techniques and means are put in place to achieve the predetermine
goals)
In essence, Outcome-Based Education adopts the process of ______ with ______ as the center of the learning-teaching milieu
Working-backwards ; Students
OBE Framework
True or false
Desired outcomes need to be translated into what students learn in specific courses
True
Who should ensure that the desired course and learning outcomes are achieved at the level of the courses with appropriate content, methodologies and student performance assessment
HEI
(Higher education institution)
Are the clear learning results that we want students to demonstrate at the end of significant learning experiences
Outcomes
Sets of learning competencies that enable learners to perform complex tasks/functions/roles
Outcomes
What is the OBE Philosophy
All learners can learn and succeed; success breeds
success and “teaching institutions control the conditions
of success
4 simple questions that guide OBE premises and Philosophy
-what do we want students to learn, to do, and to value
-Why do we want them to learn these, do these and to value these
-How can we best help students to learn, do, and value this? What processes and procedures should be put in place?
-How will we know that students after finishing the programs with us have learned these, can do these and value these?
Key elements in OBE pyramid
From Base up
-Practices
-Principles
-Premises
-Purposes
-Paradigm
Key elements in OBE pyramid
WHAT and WHETHER students learn successfully is more important than WHEN and HOW they learn something
Paradigm
Key elements in OBE pyramid
- Ensuring that all students are equipped with the knowledge, competence, and qualities needed to be successful after they exit the educational system
- Structuring and operating schools so that those outcomes can be achieved and maximized for all students
Purpose
Key elements in OBE pyramid
- All students can learn and succeed, but not on the same day in the same way
- Successful learning promotes even more successful learning
- Schools control the conditions that directly affect successful school learning
Premise
Key elements in OBE pyramid
-Clarity of focus
-Expanded opportunity
-High expectations
-Design down
Principles
Part of principles element
that talks about culminating exit outcomes of significance
Clarity of focus
Part of principles element that talks about support for learning success
Expanded opportunity
Part of principles element that talks about expectations for all to succceed
High expectations
Part of principles element that talks about culminating outcomes
Design down
Four concepts at the core of OBE
-Clarity of focus
-Expanded opportunity
-High expectations
-Design down
