Out-Based Education

Chapter 1

Out-Based Education

Principles of Teaching 2

|LEARNING OUTCOMES |

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|Explain the meaning of outcomes in OBE. |

|State the relationship among institutional outcomes, program outcomes, course outcomes and learning outcomes. |

|Draw the implications of the OBE principles in the teaching-learning process. |

|Determine whether or not given practices are in accordance with OBE principles. |

Meaning of OBE

OBE stands for outcomes-based education. As the name implies it is an education that is anchored and focused on outcomes. It is a student-centered approach to education that focuses on the intended learning outcomes resulting from instruction (Nicholson, 2011). It is an approach in planning, delivering and assessing instruction. It is concerned with planning instruction that is focused on outcomes, choosing the methodology that leads to the intended outcomes and an assessment process that determines the attainment of intended outcomes. (See Figure 1.)

Learning Principles of OBE

Spady (1994) gave four basic:

• Clarity of focus

Teachers must begin with the end clearly in mind. Teachers must be clearly focused on what they want student to know, understand and be able to do. In other words, teachers should focus on helping students to develop the knowledge and skills that will enable them to achieve the articulated intended outcomes.

• Designing down

Once the intended outcomes are clear, teachers now design...