Guidelines On Formulating Objectives

Formulating Objectives Why there is a need to write the course objectives? What is the importance of objectives? The value of Objectives 1. As a guide 2. Help determine whether people in a class have learned what you have tried. 3. Objectives are essential from the learner’s perspective. e.g. 1. Explain the rationale for people’s use of defense mechanism. 2. Analyze in a given situation which defense mechanisms are being used by an individual. Selection and Statement of Objectives Educational objectives are the elements of those changes in behavior which are desired as a result of specific learner and teacher activity. They define not only the behavior sought in the learner but also the areas of human experience through which this behavior is to be developed. In other words, a well-stated educational objective has two (2) aspects. 1. Behavior – what the students should know or be able to do. 2. Content – about which the subject matter or area of life experience in which the behavior operates. Categories of Behavioral Changes 1. Knowing – refers to the ability to recall. This maybe a nature of memorization of routines to an extensive knowledge manifested in deep understanding. 2. Comprehending – refers to a type of understanding. 3. Understanding – refers to the ability to comprehend or apprehend the meaning or the import of something. 4. Applying - principles refers to the ability to apply knowledge in the form of generalization to new problem situations explicitly as well as implicitly. 5. Psychomotor Skill- is the ability to perform some type of movement which involve the muscular system as well as

the nervous system such as writing. carrying out a teaching procedure consciously learned actions maybe performed. 6. Attitudes- refers to the tendency or predisposition to look at things in a particular way. 7. Interest – refers to a feeling or concern for a curiosity about something.