MODULE 7:

OUTCOMES-BASED
EDUCATION

BASIS FOR ENHANCED

TEACHER EDUCATION
CURRICULUM

Ms. Krisna Mae A. Artitchea

WHAT IS OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION?
 OUTCOMES-BASED
EDUCATION (OBE)
 W. SPADY
He defined OBE as clearly focusing, and organizing everything in the educational system
around the essential for all the students to do successfully at the end of their learning
experiences. It starts with clear picture of what is important for students to be able to do,
then organizing the curriculum, instruction and assessment to make sure that learning
happens

Spady premised that in OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION;

• All students can learn and succeed, but not at the same time or in the same way.
• Successful learning promotes even more successful learning,
• Schools and teachers control the conditions that will determine if the students are successful in
school learning.
 FOUR ESSENTIAL
PRINCIPLES OF OBE
 FOUR ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF
OBE

PRINCIPLE 1: PRINCIPLE 2: PRINCIPLE 3: PRINCIPLE 4:

CLARITY OF DESIGNING HIGH EXPANDED
FOCUS BACKWARDS EXPECTATIONS OPPORTUNITIES
 A clear focus on what teachers want students to
learn
PRINCIPLE
1:
Teacher should bear in mind, that the outcome of
teaching is learning.

CLARITY
Teachers and students should have a clear
OF FOCUS picture, in mind what knowledge, skills, values
must be achieved at the end of the teaching-
learning process.
 At the beginning of a curriculum
design, the learning outcome has to
PRINCIPLE be clearly defined.

2:
What to achieve at the end of
formal schooling is determined as
DESIGNING the beginning.

BACKWARD
S Planning, implementing (teaching)
and assessing should be connected
to the outcomes.
 Challenging standards of
PRINCIPLE 3: performance will encourage
students to learn better.

HIGH
This is parallel to Thorndike’s
EXPECTATION law of effect, which says that
S success reinforces learning,
motivates, builds confidence and
encourages learners to do better.
 PRINCIPLE 4: EXPANDED
OPPORTUNITIES

In OBE all students are

Learners develop inborn
expected to excel, hence
potentials if corresponding
equal expanded
opportunities and support
opportunities should be
are given to nurture.
provided.
 TEACHING-
LEARNING IN OBE
 Teaching – Learning in OBE
Teaching is teaching if learners learn. Learning is measured by its outcome. Whatever approach to
teaching is used, the intent should focus on learning rather on teaching.
• Teachers must prepare students adequately.
• Teachers must create a positive learning environment.
• Teachers must help their students to understand, what they have to learn, why they should learn and
how will they know that they have learned.
• Teachers must use a variety of teaching methods.
• Teachers must provide students with enough opportunities to use the new knowledge and skills that
they gain.
• Teacher must help students to bring each learning to a personal closure that will make them aware of
what they learned.
 From Traditional View To OBE View

Instruction Learning

Inputs and Resources Learning Outcomes

Knowledge is transferred by the Knowledge is already exists in the

teacher. minds of the learners

Teacher dispenses knowledge Teacher are designers of methods

Teachers and students are Teacher and students work in

independent and in isolation teams
 Assessment of
Learning Outcomes in
OBE
 Assessment of Learning Outcomes in OBE
To be useful in OBE System, assessment should be guided by the following principles
Assessment should
reflect the
Assessment Assessment Assessment
knowledge and
procedure should be procedure should be procedure should be
skills that are
valid. reliable. fair.
important to the
students.

Assessment should Assessment should

Assessment should
tell both the support every Assessment should
be comprehensive
teachers and student’s allow individuality
to cover a wide
students how opportunity to learn or uniqueness to be
range of learning
students are things that are demonstrated.
outcomes.
progressing. important.
 Learner’s Responsibility for Learning
In terms of students perspective there are common questions that will guide them as they
learn under the OBE Curriculum framework. To guide the students in OBE learning, they should
ask themselves the following questions.

1. What do I need to learn?

2. Why do I have to learn it?
3. What will I be doing while I am learning?
4. How will I know that I am learning, what should be learning?
5. Will I have any say in what I learn?
6. How will I be assessed?
“ If you are not willing to learn, no one can
help you. If you are determined to learn no
one can stop you.”

THANK YOU!