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Chapter-06 Formulating Objectives

BOOK TITLE: Nursing Education Made Easy

Author
1. Raj D Elakkuvana Bhaskara
ISBN
9789386261571
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18055_7
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
2
Author Affiliations
1. Padmashree Institute of Nursing, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Indira Gandhi School and College of Nursing, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Chapter keywords
Educational objective, institutional objective, general instructional objective, learning, educational philosophy, educational psychology, behavioral outcome

Abstract

Educational objectives are the statement of those desired changes in behavior as a result of specific teaching-learning activity or specific teacher-learner activity. An educational objective is a specific statement of what the learners should be able to do at the end of the learning period that they could not do before. According to Ralf Tyler, there are nine essential tasks or steps in the formulation of educational objectives, they are identify the needs of the learner, identify the needs of the society, study the suggestion of the experts, formulate the philosophy, state the objectives gathered from various sources in a proper way, formulate the theory of learning, screen the objectives through educational philosophy and educational psychology, and select the appropriate ones, defines the objectives clearly in terms of content, and state the educational objectives in terms of behavioral outcomes or change.

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