Competency Based Education

[Khalil Zakari]

Competency Based Education focuses on outcomes of learning. CBE addresses what the learners are expected to do rather than on what they are expected to learn about. CBE emerged in the United States in the 1970s and refers to an educational movement that advocates defining educational goals in terms of precise measurable descriptions of knowledge, skills, and behaviors students should possess at the end of a course of study. Richards and Rodgers

COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION

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[Khalil Zakari]

Hi Yamina,

Debate about outcome-based education reveals widespread confusion about terminology and concepts. The term "outcomes," "standards" and "goals" frequently are used interchangeably, and individuals disagree about their meanings and applications. These terms also are used indiscriminately to refer to different types of results, including content outcomes students performance outcomes and school performance standards.

Content outcomes describes what students should know and be able to do in particular subject areas. Student performance outcomes describe how and at what level students must demonstrate such knowledge and skills. School performance standards define the quality of education schools must provide in order for students to meet content and/or performance outcomes.

[Yamina Bouhaddioui]

Thank you so much Mr Zakari for sharing this valuable document.Can we say that Competency Based Education is another term for Outcome Based Education ?OBE requires that students demonstrate that they they have learnt the required skills and content.It focuses on the adoption of measurable standards.

[Khalil Zakari]

Competencies consist of a description of the essential skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors required for effective performance of a real-world task or activity. These activities may be related to any domain of life, though have typically been linked to the field of work and to social survival in a new environment.