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Chapter 9- Aims, Goals, Objectives. Aims of Education. General statements that provide shape and direction Starting points that suggest an ideal or inspirational vision of the good Guides for the educational process. Sources of Aims. Spencer’s Report
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Aims of Education General statements that provide shape and direction Starting points that suggest an ideal or inspirational vision of the good Guides for the educational process
Sources of Aims Spencer’s Report Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education The Purpose of Education in American Democracy Education for All American Youth The Central Purpose of American Education A Nation at Risk
Goals of Education Statements of purpose with some outcome in mind Address certain characteristics of the learner who attains the goals Desired outcomes for students as a result of experiencing the curriculum Derived from various aims
Levels of Goals Aims become goals when they become more specific and refer to a particular school or school system and to a specific subject area of the curriculum
Formulating Goals Timelessness Address the needs of society, of students, or the particular community
Objectives More specific statements of the outcomes of the curriculum or project being considered Statements that enable curriculum decision makers to identify the particular intent of a particular action Philosophy Aims Goals Objectives
Types of Educational Objectives Program Objectives Address subjects at particular grade levels Course Objectives Relate to particular courses within grade levels Classroom Objectives Divided into unit objectives and lesson plan objectives
Conceptions of Objectives Taba School-wide outcomes Unit, course or grade level program outcomes Ornstein program objectives course objectives classroom objectives Posner and Rudnitsky Intended Learning Outcomes
Behavioral Objectives precise statements of outcomes in terms of observable behavior expected of students after instruction
Nonbehavioral Objectives Examples: Appreciate, Know, Understand
Guidelines for Formulating Educational Objectives Matching Worth Wording Appropriateness Logical Grouping Periodic Revision
Taxonomic Levels Cognitive Domain Affective Domain Psychomotor Domain
Cognitive Domain Bloom’s Taxonomy Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
Affective Domain Krathwohl’s Taxonomy Receiving Responding Valuing Organization Characterization
Psychomotor Domain Harrow’s Taxonomy Reflex Movements Fundamental Movements Perceptual Abilities Physical Abilities Skilled Movements Nondiscursive Communication
Approaches to Educational Objectives Behaviorist Managerial Systems Humanistic Reconceptualist
Behavioral technical/scientific concern for specificity we can identify essential learnings compartmentalization of curriculum defined scope and sequence convergent emphasis on curricular learnings
Systems/Managerial Systems and organizational Theories Interrelatedness of the parts of the organization Objectives are part of the total process of decision making and curriculum implementation Management by objectives Curriculum as a system of related components
Focus on the person Personal growth, joy of learning, respect for others Curriculum seen as divergent Opportunities for students to explore, to become self-directed Humanistic
Political and social posture with a theoretical critique Empower individual to be more fully human, socially sensitive, and existential Curriculum is emergent- concern with those processes that allow for control of one’s learning Reconceptualists