The concept of learning outcomes and outcomes based education is high on today's education agenda. Outcome based education is an instructional process that moves education from focusing on what academics believe graduate need to know (teacher-focused) to what students need to know and are able to do in varying and complex situations and/or are workplace focussed. Therefore, competence based education is focused on outcomes that are linked to workforce needs, as defined by employers and the profession. The main purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of Outcomes Based Teaching an
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The concept of learning outcomes and outcomes based education is high on today's education agenda. Outcome based education is an instructional process that moves education from focusing on what academics believe graduate need to know (teacher-focused) to what students need to know and are able to do in varying and complex situations and/or are workplace focussed. Therefore, competence based education is focused on outcomes that are linked to workforce needs, as defined by employers and the profession. The main purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of Outcomes Based Teaching and Learning (OBTL) at Misrak Technical-Vocational Education and Training College. In order to meet the objectives of the study, a survey design was employed. From the total population of 142 teachers and 698 students, 85 (60 per cent) teachers and 220 (60 per cent) students were selected using stratified sampling technique for this study.
The findings revealed the level of teachers' and students' understanding of OBTL is very low. So, it is difficuilt to determine how the teachers accommodate premises and principles of OBTL in their classroom practices. Low understanding of OBTL and practices, teaching and learning activities, delivery systems, effectiveness of teaching practice, aligning curriculum to students' desired outcomes changing in short time, assessment tasks, lack of good leadership of the college, insufficient training facilities and availability of resources are the core problems for students' success and the implementation of OBTL. In order to achieve the required knowledge, skills, attitude and demonstrate the intended outcomes during the occupational competency assessment and at the workplace, the trainers need to focus on how well learners achieve the intended learning outcomes (ILO), the teaching and learning activity (TLA) to simulate, encourage or facilitate the ILO, an assessment task (AT) and the alignment of model curriculum they use.
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