ROLE OF LEARNING OUTCOMES

ROLE OF LEARNING OUTCOMES IN CONALEP’S PROGRAM

After reading the documents I can define the learning outcomes like statements of what the successful student or learner is expected to be able to do at the end of the course unit and it makes a contribution to different levels of education because they represent a way to communicate external reference points.

In our institutional level (CONALEP 185) they have curriculum implications for teaching, learning and assessment. Here learning outcomes can be used to express learning at the level of the unit or module. In so doing they clarify for the students what is expected of them as well as the skills or competences, understanding and abilities that they will acquire on successful completion of their study. For the teachers, learning outcomes clarify what exactly the module will deliver and unite this with the appropriate mode of delivery and assessment.

We can say that there are advantages of adopting learning outcomes in some levels in terms of benefits for the course, module, quality assurance and standards, students, so on.

For example, they help us to determine precisely the key purposes and promote in depth reflection on assessment, and the introduction of more effective and varied assessment. In the other hand, students benefit from a comprehensive set of statements of exactly what they will be able to achieve after successful study.

In my personal experience I can say that learning outcomes help my students to:

-Use critical thinking in problem solving.

-Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively through writing and speaking.

-Work collaboratively towards a common purpose.

- Be able to draw connections between their personal life, academic courses and social issues.

.Aracely Gaspar Viana

Conalep 185

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