Teachers Performance in Relation to the Student's Learning Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes
Definition of Student Learning Outcomes:
Student learning outcomes are defined in terms of the knowledge, skills, and abilities that students have attained as a result of their involvement in a particular set of educational experiences.
Why the Learning Outcome Approach to Education?
The learning outcomes approach reflects a conceptual shift towards making learning more meaningful and effective. For a variety of understandable reasons many students approach education as “alienated intellectual labor,” rather than something that is good for them, learning that enhances their lives. Making education more meaningful for these students requires that they acquire a sense of the educational project as enabling them to lead a richer and more empowered life rather than a task done primarily to satisfy the demands of others. By explicitly building educational experiences based on what students should be able to do with their knowledge, the learning outcomes approach helps the educational community understand the point of the activity.
Some of the benefits of using student learning outcomes are as follows:
1. Increased student awareness of and involvement in their own learning
2. A common language and framework for discussions about learning within departments
3. A context for course design and revision
4. An approach to curriculum assessment and change
5. An important first step toward clear communication of expectations to students
6. A requirement of accrediting agencies.
Many faculties feel they already are taking a learning outcomes approach to education and all they need to do is change some terminology on their course outlines, that is, ensure that their course objectives are measurable. Others fear the imposition of a corporate model on education with outcomes being centrally imposed, courses being modularized, and faculty being de-skilled and replaced with assessors and facilitators, and perhaps even computers.
Definition of Student Learning Outcomes:
Student learning outcomes are defined in terms of the knowledge, skills, and abilities that students have attained as a result of their involvement in a particular set of educational experiences.
Why the Learning Outcome Approach to Education?
The learning outcomes approach reflects a conceptual shift towards making learning more meaningful and effective. For a variety of understandable reasons many students approach education as “alienated intellectual labor,” rather than something that is good for them, learning that enhances their lives. Making education more meaningful for these students requires that they acquire a sense of the educational project as enabling them to lead a richer and more empowered life rather than a task done primarily to satisfy the demands of others. By explicitly building educational experiences based on what students should be able to do with their knowledge, the learning outcomes approach helps the educational community understand the point of the activity.
Some of the benefits of using student learning outcomes are as follows:
1. Increased student awareness of and involvement in their own learning
2. A common language and framework for discussions about learning within departments
3. A context for course design and revision
4. An approach to curriculum assessment and change
5. An important first step toward clear communication of expectations to students
6. A requirement of accrediting agencies.
Many faculties feel they already are taking a learning outcomes approach to education and all they need to do is change some terminology on their course outlines, that is, ensure that their course objectives are measurable. Others fear the imposition of a corporate model on education with outcomes being centrally imposed, courses being modularized, and faculty being de-skilled and replaced with assessors and facilitators, and perhaps even computers.