Evaluation of outcome-based learning in an undergraduate English language program

Evaluation of outcome-based learning in an undergraduate English language program

• Wang, Li Xun Hong Kong Institute of Education

Research in Higher Education Journal, 20, 1-18, 2013

Jacksonville, United States

Academic and Business Research Institute

2013

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GA Chinese Language
• F Learning & Teaching
  • FA General Teaching Strategies, Different Instructional Methods

Quality of Education Teaching Methods Experiment/Theoretical Treatment Schools and Educational Services Outcome-Based Learning Undergraduate English Language Programme

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

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Since 2008, outcome-based learning (OBL), a student-centred strategy aiming to enhance the quality of teaching and learning, has been launched as a major initiative among higher education institutions in Hong Kong. When adopting OBL at course level, other than designing the OBL framework, it is also very important to evaluate the effectiveness of the OBL implementation. However, studies focusing on the evaluation of OBL have been rare. In this paper, the authors will report on the evaluation of the implementation of OBL in 17 pilot courses in the English Department in the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Five evaluation instruments were developed, and questionnaire surveys and interviews based on these instruments were carried out to find out both students' and teachers' perceptions of OBL adopted in the pilot courses. The findings suggest that both the students and the teachers hold a generally positive attitude towards OBL, but a number of issues have been raised concerning the successful implementation of OBL at course level.
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2014-05-29