Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Educational Focus
from Content to
Learning Outcomes
Prepared by:
JERON B. MINA, LPT, MSME
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Introduction
• Education originated from the terms “educare” or “educere” which meant “to draw
out.”
• Ironically, however, for centuries we succeeded in perpetuating the belief that
education is a “pouring in” process wherein the teacher is the infallible giver of
knowledge and the student is the passive recipient.
• The advent of technology caused a change of perspective in education, nationally
and internationally.
• The teacher has become a facilitator of knowledge who assists in the organization,
interpretation and validation of acquired facts and information.
Outcomes-Based Education: Matching Intentions with Accomplishment
• Student-centered
• Faculty-driven
• Meaningful
Content-Based versus Outcome-Based Learning
Content-Based Learning
• A study of both language acquisition and subject matter.
• The target language becomes the medium in which important information can be
learned.
• Students are more intrinsically motivated to learn both the content and the
language simultaneously when students are studying a content area.
• It is most appropriate at intermediate and advanced proficiency levels.
Content-Based versus Outcome-Based Learning
Outcome-Based Learning
• A process that involves the restructuring of curriculum, assessment, and
reporting practices in education to reflect the achievement of high-order
learning than the accumulation of course credits (Tucker, 2002).
• The primary aim of OBE is to facilitate desired changes within the
learners, by increasing knowledge, developing skills, and/or positively
influencing attitudes, values, and judgment.
Content-Based versus Outcome-Based Learning
Outcome-Based Learning
• OBE embodies the idea that the best way to learn is to first determine
what needs to be achieved.
• Once the end goal (product or outcome) has been determined the
strategies, processes, techniques, and other ways and means can be put
into place to achieve the goal.
Content-Based Education Vs. Outcome-Based
Education (Spady, 1994)
Procedures in Implementing OBE
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