OUTCOMES BASED EDUCATION

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OUTCOMES BASED EDUCATION

• Genny Blades
• EA Health Physical Education

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What is Outcomes Based Education

• The Years 1-10 Key Learning Area Syllabuses are
  examples of a recent trend across all Australian
  education systems to outcomes based education.
• In the past most curriculum documents have
  concentrated on the inputs to education the
  subject matter and teaching methods. The
  knowledge, skills and processes we wanted
  students to gain was usually given in broad aims
  and objectives.
• Outcomes based education is about- making
  explicit what students should know and be able to
  do (the outcomes of their learning)- providing
  a clear statement of the knowledge and skills
  that teachers and curriculum developers consider
  essential to a Key Learning Area- the
  culminating demonstration of learning
  (Spady,1993). The benchmarks against which
  performance is assessed, must be observable in
  the learning environment.

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Principles of Outcomes Based Education

• 1. Clear Goals
• Why am I doing this?
• Is this worth doing?
• Is this the most appropriate learning activity?

• 3. Learning for All
• All students can make progress in their learning,
  given the right circumstances.

2. Standards - referenced A variety and continuum
of learning achievements will constitute progress
from one outcome to the next.