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Learning Outcomes -A Good Idea, Yet with Problems and Lost Opportunities

Holmes, Andrew G

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Learning outcomes are used throughout assessment processes in higher education. In many countries their use is mandatory, with a frequent assumption that they bring many positive benefits to educational processes. Yet, there are tensions associated with them and their current mode of use has far less flexibility than they should provide. This paper considers from a conceptual basis some of the tensions associated with the use of prescribed pre-articulated learning outcomes and the question of whether learning outcomes, as currently operationalized, provide the benefits they were meant to deliver. This is of significance to educators throughout higher education.

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Holmes, A. G. (2019). Learning Outcomes -A Good Idea, Yet with Problems and Lost Opportunities. Educational Process: International Journal, 8(3), 159-169. https://doi.org/10.22521/edupij.2019.83.1

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 1, 2019
Online Publication Date Oct 17, 2019
Publication Date Oct 17, 2019
Deposit Date Dec 18, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Educational Process International Journal •
Print ISSN 2147-0901
Electronic ISSN 2564-8020
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Issue 3
Pages 159-169
DOI https://doi.org/10.22521/edupij.2019.83.1
Keywords Learning outcomes; Assessment; Adult education; Teaching and learning; Lifelong learning; Constructivist pedagogy
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/2950803
Publisher URL http://www.edupij.com/index/arsiv/33/161/learning-outcomes-a-good-idea-yet-with-problems-and-lost-opportunities

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