Renz Louie A.

Morales
BSE-Fil2

What is the definition of “Outcome Based Education”?

Outcome-based education (OBE) is education in which an emphasis is placed on a clearly
articulated idea of what students are expected to know and be able to do, that is, what skills
and knowledge they need to have, when they leave the school system. It is sometimes also
called performance-based education and is an attempt to measure educational effectiveness
based on results rather than on inputs such as time students spend in class. The student
learning outcomes constitute the criteria by which curriculum is developed or redesigned,
instructional materials are selected, teaching methods are adopted, and evaluation is
conducted.

Advantage
One of its advantages is done using authentic assessment tools. Battersby states: “Key to the
outcomes approach is an approach to assessment that emphasizes ‘authentic assessment’
creating assignments that stimulate as much as possible the [real-life outside-of-class]
situations in which students would make use of the knowledge, skills and values emphasized in
the course”
Disadvantage
Another disadvantage is some of the outcomes emphasized in outcome-based learning focus on
feelings, values, attitudes and beliefs over attaining factual knowledge.