Learning Objectives – Foundations of Teaching
Pearls
- Learning objectives inform learners about what they should achieve after engaging in a learning activity to demonstrate competence
- Learning objectives should be in the future tense, relate to explicit statements of achievement, always contain action verbs and be easily understood
- Incorporate learning objectives from each of the three domains of Bloom’s taxonomy – cognitive, affective and psychomotor – and aim for the highest order of function
- Write SMART learning objectives: Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Reasonable, and Time-bound
- To write an objective: State the condition, Specify the audience, Select the appropriate action verb, and Specify criteria for evaluation