Republic of the Philippines

BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Bustos Campus
Bustos, Bulacan

Reaction Paper in Principles of Teaching

Name: Salvador, Carmela B.

Course/Year & Section: BSED II-I English
Date: September 23, 2016
Instructor: Dr. Alberto J. Valenzuela

OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION

Outcome-based education (OBE) will change the focus of schools from the
content to the student. According to William Spady, a major advocate of this type of
reform, three goals drive this new approach to creating school curricula. First, all students
can learn and succeed, but not on the same day or in the same way. Second, each success
by a student breeds more success. Third, schools control the conditions of success. In
other words, students are seen as totally malleable creatures. If we create the right
environment, any student can be prepared for any academic or vocational career. The key
is to custom fit the schools to each student are learning style and abilities.
Outcome-based education does offer many powerful ideas, such as a commitment
to learning for all students, possibilities for authentic assessment, and interest in an
integrated curriculum. Some schools have been trying these ideas independent of OBE,
however. The complexity of schools as human systems, power or the ownership of the
reform process, and theoretical questions about the nature of knowledge and learning
remain significant problems. These issues require more study. In addition, we need more
examination of mastery learning competency driven curriculum, and OBE theory; more
study of OBE implementation efforts in a variety of school settings; and more long-term
research on OBE classrooms.
If I could look into the future I would hope to see more students learning more of
the basics to what route they choose, and checking multiple points of views and systems
using critical thinking which comes from validating different sides of data to come to a
conclusion instead of just one side.