Planning goals and learning outcomes

Planning goals and learning outcomes

1. ESP movement said it was necessary to answer more specific questions:

   • What kind of engish At what level of proficiency For what purposes

2. Key assumptions

   • People are generally motivated to pursue specific goals

3. The nature of competence

   • Competencies refer to observable behaviors that are necessary for the successful completion of real-world activities.

4. Criticisms of the use of competencies

   • Argues that no valid procedures are available to develop competency specifications.

5. Objectives

   • They describe what the aim seeks to achieve in terms of smaller units of learning

6. Statitng curriculum outcomes

   • Is a statement of a general change that a program seeks to bring about learners

7. How to generate goals

   • Ideologies and bellifes
   • Philosophical underpinnings for educational programs
   • Justification for the kind of aims the program contain