Guiding Principles in Determining and Formulating Learning Objectives1. Begins with the end in mind. In the context of teaching, this means that we must begin our lesson with a clearly defined lesson objective. With a clear and specific lesson objectivewe will have a sense of direction. With a definite lesson objective in mind, we do notlose sight of what we intend to teach. With a specific objective, our lesson becomesmore focused. We do not waste nor kill time for we are sure of what to teach, how toteach, what materials to use. 2. Share lesson objective with students. Make your students own the lesson objective. Likefor example a seminar, it begins with the statement of purpose, our lesson ought to beginwith a statement and clarification of the lesson objective. 3. Lesson objectives must be in the two or three domains ± knowledge (cognitive), skill(psychomotor) and values (affective). Dominantly cognitive if it is primarily for knowledge acquisition dominantly psychomotor if it is intend for the acquisition andhoning of skills. Lesson objective in the affective domain are mainly focused on theattitude and value formation. A cognitive or a skill lesson must always include theaffective dimension for wholistic learning. 4. Work on significant and relevant lesson objectives. Our lesson objectives must beconnected to our student¶s life experiences. With our lesson objective becoming our students¶ lesson objective, too, our students will be moiré propelled as we teach. Thelevel of their self-motivation all the more increases when our lesson objective is relevantto their daily life, hence, significant. 5. Lesson objective must be aligned with the aims of education as embodied in thePhilippine Constitution and other laws and in the vision-mission statements of theeducational institution of which are a part. Our lesson objective must flow from theaims of education enshrined in the Philippine Constitution and the vision-missionstatements of school. 6. Aim at the development of the critical and creative thinking. Most questions askedwhether oral or written are convergent, low-level questions. But, if we want tocontribute to the development of citizens who are critical and creative thinking, the typeof citizens needed to make democracy, then we should include in our scope of questionshigh-level, convergent, or open-ended questions.
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