The origins of modern outcomes-based education can be traced back to the work of Italian educator Maria Montessori, whose teaching theories shaped the development of Montessori schools the world over. Working in the early 1900s, Montessori believed that instead of setting up arbitrary grading systems, tests, and the like and teaching inputs.
Outcome-based education or outcomes-based education (OBE) is an educational theory that bases each part of an educational system around goals (outcomes). By the end of the educational experience, each student should have achieved the goal. There is no single specified style of teaching or assessment in OBE; instead, classes, opportunities, and assessments should all help students achieve the.
An examination of outcome-based education practices, standards, and factors that enhance implementation of OBE Timothy Gene Hoffinan A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department: Professional Studies in Education.
Foreword Outcome-based education is grounded in the idea that academic success is best measured by what children actually learn, as opposed to how long they’re parked in their seats, how expansively multicultural their textbooks may be, or how much money is spent on their schooling. It’s premised (theoretically at least) in real results, not pleasant intentions, and in assuring.
OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA SINCE 1994: POLICY OBJECTIVES AND IMPLEMENTATION COMPLEXITIES by MMORI BENJAMIN MOKHABA Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree PHILOSOPHIAE DOCTOR (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) In the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences University of Pretoria Promoter: Prof. Dr. N.L. Roux.
Curriculum, Outcomes-Based Education, South Africa, Postmodern Policy Analysis 1. Introduction This paper explores South African school curriculum policy as a platform to discuss the success or failure of educational policy. An examination of policies in post-apartheid South Africa shows the unique approach that the government.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION 2.1 Introduction From a detailed account in Chapter 1 which motivates this study on the implementation of OBE from a management perspective, the focus turns to a discussion of the foundational aspects of OBE which serve as a knowledge base for sound implementation practices. The value of curriculum.
Outcome-based education also relies on evaluations that are subjective, rather than objective tests and measurements. Another disadvantage of outcome-based education is that it weakens local control of education. Those who are against outcome-based education question who decides what the desired outcomes are, as well as how students, individual.
CURRICULUM REFORM IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION (1) ABSTRACT Since South Africa's first national democratic elections in 1994, the Government of National Unity has issued several curriculum-related reforms intended to democratise education and eliminate inequalities in the post-apartheid education system. The.
The public declaration by AACCUP of its commitment to the provisions of CMO No. 46, s. 2012 and the cooperation of other accrediting agencies as well as state and private higher education institutions, to adopt outcomes-based strategies for educational reform, augurs well. In fact, it spells out the apex of quality higher education in the country.
Introduction to Work-Based Learning This practice guide is to give an overview of some of the current literature exploring work-based learning as well as outlining case studies of work-based learning modules currently implemented at several Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) throughout the United Kingdom.
Transitional outcome-based education lies in the twilight zone between traditional subject matter curriculum structures and planning processes and the future-role priorities inherent in transformational OBE. Districts go through incorporation, integration, and redefinition stages in implementing transitional OBE. Transformational OBE's guiding vision is that of competent future citizen.