EDUC 316-A

Name: Jopenile I. Agduma BEED GE 3A

RESEARCH

What are the issues and challenges in the implementation of OBE?

The main problem with implementation of outcome-based education is the broad definition of outcome-
based education itself. While it emphasizes the achievement of outcomes, this also refers to the
achievement of learning outcomes (LO) for a particular course. The concept of OBE also does not provide
for any specific procedure or follow a single idea in achieving the outcomes which led to confusion to
how best implement an OBE curricula.

The original concept of OBE should include the cyclic continual improvement with meaningful revision of
teaching and learning pedagogies, delivery and assessment methods. The confusion is also extended
during the construction of learning outcomes for a particular course.

Another problem faced by the faculty in implementing OBE is the perception of students and lecturers
towards OBE. While OBE emphasizes on student centered learning, the actual implementation of OBE is
still heavily reliant on instructors as presenters of knowledge. Apart from directly objective assessments
such as final exams, tests, assignments and projects, indirect assessment such as surveys are conducted
at the end of each course. It is interesting to note that there are sometimes discrepancies and gap
between the actual marks via objective assessment and students own perception on their understanding
of the course and its contents.

In OBE, the end of the curricula does not signal the end of the learning process for the students but a
continuum of lifelong learning skills developed in their education.

REFLECTION

Reflect on one of your past teachers. In his/her teaching has he/she been outcome-based or content-
based? With which did he/she begin his/her lesson:

"Today, class, our lesson is or "after this lesson, you should be able to......."

At the end of his/her lesson, did he/she check if the intended learning outcome was realized?

During my time in middle school, I had a teacher who focused solely on delivering content. Each class
began with her monotone announcement of "Today we will learn..." or "Today we will read...", followed
by a series of tasks designed to keep us occupied. She lacked enthusiasm for ensuring our
comprehension of the material and graded arbitrarily. This resulted in some students who didn't exert
much effort receiving high grades while others who worked diligently received lower ones.

In my view, her teaching approach was flawed as it failed to inspire a genuine interest in the subject
(English). Fortunately, I already had a passion for English, but unfortunately, not all students shared the
same sentiment.