Content and Learning Outcomes

Disciplinary courses are mutually supporting when they make explicit connections among related content and learning outcomes. An explicit plan identifies ways in... 

The textbooks present chemistry subject matter with plenty of useful and colourful illustrations and exemplars in simple English appropriate to the level. Each chapter lists what a student would learn about in it. Most of these learn abouts and learning outcomes are addressed at knowledge level. The content is summarised under the heading points to remember at the end of each chapter. Once again the emphasis is on the objectives of knowledge domain. 

Recently, some 40 PGCE students allowed their chemistry classes to be directed by the needs and interests of their students and found the approach more effective in enhancing students understanding and motivation in the task. Unfortunately, they also found the approach to be more time-consuming. The question is what is more important, the quality of learning outcomes or the volume of course content covered. 

In mechanical engineering education the practical application of theory proves invaluable in situations that require results. The foundation of a good education lies in the students ability to apply learning effectively, combining both content and competency mastery target outcomes to acquire relevant deliverables in the workplace. 

Curriculum structure is the arrangement of content and associated learning outcomes into instructional units, e.g., courses, to facilitate intellectual connections among the courses. The requirements for curricular structure in a CDIO program follow... 

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