AIMS AND OUTCOMES

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AIMS AND OUTCOMES An Aim is the overall
intention and purpose of the session expressed in
general terms
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• For example
• To make a patchwork quilt.
• To learn how to buy food in a
• market.
• To be aware of the changes in
• legislation in mental health

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Learning Outcomes are the separate steps that
the learner needs to know/ practice and/or
explain to attain the learning They are the
result of the learning experience what the
learner will have learnt or will be able to do  
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By the end of the session, learners will
be able to Learning outcomes need to be SMART
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Outcomes should be S pecific, not vague M
easureable A chieveable R elevant, realistic (is
there a clear
purpose?) T imed a timescale for
achievement ( will it work in the time
available?)
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• Blooms Taxonomy
• A classification of levels of learning
• Learning split into a spectrum of tasks or
  skills
• Revised by Anderson Krathwohl (2001)

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EVALUATION (Ability to judge the material for a
given purpose)
Assess, decide, select, conclude, compare
contrast, weigh up
SYNTHESIS/CREATE (Ability to put parts together
to form a new whole)
Combine, produce, compose, rearrange, substitute,
create, design, invent, compile, plan
ANALYSIS (Understanding of content structure of
the material)
Analyze, separate, break-down, classify, give
reasons, deduce, arrange, compare
APPLICATION (Use it in new situations)
Demonstrate, apply, show, paint, construct,
transfer, extend, solve, use
COMPREHENSION (Understanding)
Explain, estimate, classify, review, describe,
locate
KNOWLEDGE (Remembering previous material)
State, recall, list, define, tell, describe,
identify, draw, reproduce, match, name