Cherrie G.

Angcao

Unit 1

Shift of Educational Focus from Content to Learning Outcomes

1. Student- centered- It focus on learner’s mastery over a particular skill.

Student thinking is facilitated and encouraged. It focus on empirically measuring
students’ performance (outcomes). It start s with a clear picture of what is
important for students to be able to do, organizing the curriculum and instruction
and assessment.

2. Faculty-driven- It affirms teacher as facilitators rather than lecturers. The

teacher guides the students through learning with scaffolding and hands-on
activities. The teacher encourages application of developing knowledge and
skills.

3. Meaningful- It provides a data to guide teachers in making

improvements. It develops a clear set of learning outcomes around which an
educational system can focus. Learning outcomes are supported by teaching and
learning activities that makes learning outcomes achievable.
 1. Institutional outcome – It is the statement of what graduates of the
institution are supposed to be able to do.
2. Program Outcome- It is the statement of what graduates from a
particular degree program should be able to do.
3. Course Outcome- It is the statement of what students should be able
to do after the completion of a given course.
4. Learning Outcome – It is the statement of what is expected that a student
will be able to do as a result of a learning activity.

Because of knowledge explosion

the teacher is the facilitator of knowledge

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from content to learning outcomes

of learning outcomes statement

which means to “draw out”

was content and subject matter

of educational objectives

of immediate outcome
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Teacher and student

of learning outcome
 describe
the characteristics of their physical
environment using their five senses.

formulate
questions about how the physical
environment impacts individual
well-being.

perform
simple experiments efficiently.

make
use of results to discover patterns
that supports the hypothesis.

demonstrate
sensitivity towards the difference
between plants and animals.

appreciate
the distinct characteristics of plants
and of animals.
 Educational objectives are broad goals that the subject or course
expects to achieve.

Learning outcome reflects what the learner will be able to do as a

result of participating in the educational activity. In comes in concrete active
verbs of “Blooms’s Taxonomy”.

Immediate outcome is the competencies or skills acquired upon

completion of an instruction, subject, grade level and segment of a program or
the program itself. It is the instructional outcome.

Deferred outcome is the institutional outcome. It is the ability to

apply cognitive, psychomotor and affective skills competencies in various
situations many years after completion of a degree program.

Content learning is the topics, themes, behaviours, concepts, facts

often grouped within a subject or learning area that is expected to be learned and
form the basis of teaching and learning.

Learning outcome is “what the students are able to do as a result of

completing a course.” It is learning that will take place across the curriculum
through concise statements, made in sepcific and measuravble terms of what the
students will know and or be able to do as a result ofg having successfully
completed a course.
 Institutional outcome is the statement of what graduates of the
institution are supposed to be able to do.
Program outcome is the statement of what graduates from a
particular degree program should be able to do.

Program outcome is the statement of what graduates from a

particular degree program should be able to do.
Course outcome is the statement of what students should be able
to do after the completion of a given course.

Student-centered instruction shifts focus of instruction from teachers

to students. It puts the students intetrest first and enganges students in their
own success by encouraging them to direct their own learning and to work
with others
Content-centered instruction focuses on the topic or subject matter.

“To develop communication skills” is to develop the ability to

convey information to another effectivelyand efficiently. It is comprised
many skills of which reading, writing, speaking and listening are the four
pillars.

“Can communicate orally and in writing” is the ability to send

messages through written word and ispoken conversation.