Preparing Outcome-based Course Syllabus & Lesson Plan S M Asif Ur Rahman October 02, 2016 2:00-5:00pm, Room# 214.

Discover and Describe Outcome-based Teaching-Learning Methods (OBTL). Distinguish among Course Curriculum, Syllabus and Lesson Plan. Prepare a Course Syllabus. Formulate Lesson Plans. Presentation Outline After the Presentation, the Participants will be able to:

But How does OBT become Student-centred? Traditional Vs OBT/L The process pays little attention (beyond the classroom teacher) to whether or not students learn any of the material. OBT, on the other hand, is based on such questions as: What do I intend my students to be able to do after my teaching that they couldn‘t do before, how they do it, and to what standard? It is a more logical, student-centred approach. But How does OBT become Student-centred?

Student focus in OBT Clarity: Both students and Teachers know what they are expected to do, and what will be the outcome. Flexibility: Teachers are free to forget traditional/ age- old/ taken-for-granted methods of teaching and assessment, rather they can guide and assess students in any way necessary (i.e. employing various types of aids, materials and methods) Comparison: Both at individual and institutional levels, comparison becomes handy, which helps understand students’ generic skills across institutes/ countries. Involvement: Student involvement, as a key element of OBT, inspires them to learn and understand on their own.

What we can remember, we forget. How OBT works Central tenet: What we can remember, we forget. What we learn, remains.

Important Terminologies Vision: Where/What we aspire to go/ to achieve. It should be clear, concise, futuristic, inspirational and memorable. Mission: Describes the Purpose, Values, Process/ Journey set out for students. Rationale: Justifies the real world needs of the course; the value the course has for the society. Should include words like need, require etc. Aim: The aims of a lecture or course should summarise broad purposes and goals. Also comes from teacher’s perspective, what s/he wants to teach.

Important Terminologies Course Objectives: Often written in terms of teaching intentions and typically indicate the subject content that the teacher intends to cover. These sound like “Provide students with basic concepts of…”, “Explain theories of…”, “Illustrate the difference between…” etc. Learning Outcome: These describe what the students will be able to do when they have completed their course or programme. They are expressed from the students' perspective so most outcomes statements begin with the phrase: "By the end of this course/programme you will be able to . . . " followed by a short list of outcomes (normally 5-7). Outcomes MUST be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Accessible, Rational, Time bound). LOs need to be integrated with Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning, that is, we should use action verbs to relate to 6 levels of learning Remember Understand Apply Analyse Evaluate Create

What is a Curriculum? From Latin “Curro” meaning run or move quickly. Refers to the specific courses that are offered together under a program. Involves consideration of all factors that contribute to the planning, implementation, evaluation, management, and administration of an educational program. (Nunan, 1988) Needs to be planned and developed together, at a single time, and for a rather longer period, so that the curriculum doesn't repeat too much or leave large gaps in between.

Contents of Curriculum Vision of the Program Mission of the Program Program Objectives Learning Outcomes Generic Skills Curriculum Structure Course Schedule Teaching Strategy Assessment Strategy Course Profile

Course Syllabus Syllabus involves a specification of what will be taught. It focuses more narrowly on the selection and grading of contents. It is a planned and intentionally focused journey towards particular objectives. It allows the teacher to organise the contents into learning chunks that make sense to students. It establishes when the learning objectives will be addressed within the university calendar and it is a set of guidelines as well as assignments.

Contents of Syllabus Course Title, Code, Lecture Date, Time, Duration, Location. Name & Contact details of Faculty member/ Teacher/ TAs along with counselling hour. Prerequisite, if any Topic Outline/ Course Description (abridged content) Text, Materials, and supplies. Assignments and Exams Additional course requirements (field trip, group work, seminar etc) Grading scale and policies Additional policies (attendance, dress code, academic integrity, late submission etc.)

Preparing Course Syllabus in UIU

Lesson Plan Lesson Plan is a Lecture Blueprint for a particular class period. It describes what the teacher would say and do, as well as what the students will do during the lecture session. Original purpose is to break down the Main Topic into some Subtopics, along with necessary Learning Aids/ Tools to be used. Though it becomes time consuming at the very onset, it saves time and energy for coming trimesters. It can be a tool for effectively evaluating the success of your techniques and tools.

Benefits of Lesson Plan It tells us what, when and how to do things in the classroom. Teacher feels confident about him/herself. Lecture session becomes attractive. Helps to complete the session on time. Variety of teaching aids and methods can be used.

Without a Lesson Plan… 1. Difficult to complete timely 2. Unexpected situations may appear frequently 3. Sometime teacher becomes lost where to start, what, when and how to do things in the classroom. 4. Session is likely to be unattractive 5. Difficult for motivating students

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Formulating a Lesson Plan Give an appropriate Title of your today’s lesson Define your Target Group for the lecture. Mention total Time required for your lecture Set out Aims: You should discuss in the classroom specifically what you are going to teach and why it is so important for you to teach.

Formulating a Lesson Plan conted… Set out Learning Outcomes−LOs: What skill you expect from Students at the end of the session. It should be logically stated with an action verb at the beginning. Three components of an LO are: Behaviour (Performance): What you expect them to do Condition (Limitation): from within what resources, tools, methods and materials Criteria (Standard): how well do you expect them to perform, in terms of quantity, time, cost.

Formulating a Lesson Plan conted… Formulate plan for Lecture Content: You should divide the total time into 3 parts: Introduction Development Conclusion Time 10-15% 75-80% Activities Pre-assessment Logical arrangement of key points Quick recap, Feedback, Forward plan In this section you can understand how far your objectives have been achieved and identify the weaknesses. From that viewpoint, this section is very important for future improvement.

Formulating a Lesson Plan conted… Plan for Teaching methods and aids: There are variety of teaching aids available for teaching. Also, there are teaching methods for achieving different LOs. Use more aids and methods to make the session attractive. Methods: Lecture, Case study, Group Discussion etc. Aids: White board, PC, Tab, Internet, Projector etc.

Quick Check Back BASIS FOR COMPARISON Lesson Plan SYLLABUS CURRICULUM Meaning Syllabus is the document that contains all the portion of the concepts covered in a subject. Curriculum is the overall content, taught in an educational system or a program. Origin From Latin “Lectio” meaning to read out Originates from Greek that means list. Comes from Latin that means to run or move. Set for A particular lecture session A subject or course A Program Nature Instructive Descriptive Prescriptive Scope Very Narrow Narrow Wide Set out by Teacher Department Faculty Government or the administration of school, college or institute. Term For every Lecture session For a fixed term, normally a year. Till the program lasts. Uniformity Varies even on daily basis Varies from teacher to teacher. Same for all teachers.

Quick Check back… Lesson plan provides guideline for teaching and learning that happens on a specific session/ day. Syllabus is a map of which contents will be addressed in classes of a course. Curriculum identifies what types of contents and skills would be taught in which course.