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6.1 Creating Learning Outcomes:

A teacher should be able to adopt/adapt/create learning outcomes for the topic /concept
being taught.

• Adopt the Learning Outcomes prepared by NCERT as it is.

• Adapt the Learning Outcomes prepared by NCERT for the topic at hand.

• Create new or additional Learning Outcomes on his/her own.

FUN FACT

Learning Outcomes is mentioned 64 times in this document!

There is a reason for this.

We believe that it is only through the adoption of Learning Outcomes based education
that you as a teacher get a direction for your instructional activities, and your students
get a goal/purpose towards which they can direct their learning efforts. CHAPTER 6 : PEDAGOGY

Learning Outcomes are the soul of teaching and learning, while curriculum and its
framework are the body.

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Following is an extract from a scholarly article from Stanford University on how
teachers can create their own set of Learning Outcomes and then follow up on whether
the learner meets the standards of progress thus set.

6.1.1 What are Student Learning Outcomes?

Learning outcomes are statements of the knowledge, skills and abilities that individual
students should possess and can demonstrate upon completion of a learning experience

or sequence of learning experiences. Before preparing a list of learning outcomes, consider
the following recommendations:

7 https://www.bu.edu/provost/files/2017/06/Creating-Learning-Outcomes-Stanford.pdf
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