Outcomes-based education: how have selected teachers respondend to curriculum 2005?

[摘要] On the 30 July 1996, the Department of Education launched a nationalcurriculum process. Included in this process was the establishment of anoutcomes-based education (OBE) system. This research reflects howselected South African teachers responded to the implementation of anoutcomes-based education curriculum, at the onset of 1998. The researchalso reflects the perspectives of individuals whose task it is to design thenew curriculum.The research is housed in an interpretative paradigm and has aqualitative perspective to it, in that it is primarily concerned withunderstanding the individual teacher’s perspective and experience ofoutcomes-based education. The case study research method is used, withinterviews and questionnaires as the data gathering methods.The research reveals teachers’ understanding of OBE, as well as theirconcerns and aspirations of an outcomes-based curriculum. A number ofrecommendations are made to aid teachers and curriculum developersduring this time of curriculum change.

[发布机构] University of the Witwatersrand