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1.1 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Aims are what you want to achieve, while, objectives are what
you will do to achieve them.
An objective is more specific in character, while an aim is more
abstract.
An objective is time-bound whereas an aim need not be.
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1.4 IMPORTANT AIMS OF SCIENCE
Kumar (2004) Association of science education – UK
To appreciate science as a human
Knowledge aim
activity
Practical aim To understand how science operates
Development of scientific To know and understand scientific
attitude concepts and principles.
Cultural aim To be able to be scientific
To relate scientific enquiry and actions
Social aim
to other modes of human behaviour.
Vocational aim
Utilization of leisure time
Psychological aim
Skill aim 6
1.5 AIMS OF TEACHING SCIENCE
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1.6 AIMS OF TEACHING SCIENCE
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1.7 AIMS OF TEACHING SCIENCE
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1.8 AIMS OF TEACHING SCIENCE
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2. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF AIMS
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2.1 AIMS OF SCIENCE CURRICULUM
SHOULD BE:
• To make pupils interested in science
• To familiarize the students with important role
played by science in their life
• To develop in students a scientific culture
• To provide a training to students in methods of
science
• To emphasize upon students the role of science on
social behavior
• To prepare students for those vocations which
require a sound knowledge of science
• To increase students understanding to such a level
that he can understand various concepts and
theories which unify various branches of science 12
3. GENERAL AIMS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND EARLY
EDUCATION (MOESVTEE)
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3.1 GENERAL AIMS
(MOESVTEE)
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3.2 GENERAL AIMS
(MOESVTEE)
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3.3 GENERAL AIMS
(MOESVTEE)
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4. OBJECTIVES
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4.1 LEARNING OBJECTIVE
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4.3 COMPONENTS OF AN OBJECTIVE
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4.4 COMPONENTS OF AN OBJECTIVE
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4.5 COMPONENTS OF AN OBJECTIVE -
SUMMARY
• Important to write objectives with three parts as illustrated
• Not always necessary to include all three parts in every
objective one writes for a lesson
• Objective should communicate the intended learning
outcome as clearly as possible
• Reece and Walker (1997) give the following guidelines:
• action verbs must be used to express the outcome or
desired student behavior
• objectives must be stated in terms of the learning outcome
(product) and not in terms of the learning process; they
should describe what a learner should be able to do after
instruction.
• objectives must be expressed in terms of learner or pupil
performance and not in terms of teacher performance.
• An objective should express only one desired behavior
(learning outcome).
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4.6 CHARACTERISTIC OF LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
• Learning objectives emphasize observed activity
• e.g. the student will write 3 properties of acids.
• Learning objectives emphasize student activity
e.g Given the necessary materials, the student will
determine the pH of an unknown solution.
• Learning objectives emphasize student outcomes
• Given a list of chemical compounds, the student will
select 1 that is found at each step in the process of
respiration and 1 that is found at each step in the
process of photosynthesis.
• Instead of… The student will understand the
fundamentals of respiration.
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4.7 ADVANTAGES OF USING LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
• Planning instruction: Once you have developed
learning objectives for a course you can more
rationally sequence instruction, allot time to topics,
assemble materials, prepare outlines and booklists.
• Facilitating evaluation: Learning objectives can
facilitate various evaluation activities, evaluating
students, evaluating instruction, evaluating the
curriculum.
• Aiding in communication with others: There is a
need to communicate learning objectives to others:
between instructor and student, with other
instructors.
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4.8 ADVANTAGES OF USING LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
• Improving instruction: If you intend to improve
instruction in a particular lesson or course, you
usually begin with the learning objectives for that
lesson or course.
• Producing new insights: The process of clarifying
objectives may produce major changes in those
who engage in the effort.
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4.9 ADVANTAGES OF USING LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
• they enable a teacher select appropriate content
i.e. the subject matter (knowledge, skills, attitudes
and values) that they should teach to pupils.
• they provide direction to the teacher when
selecting or designing appropriate learning
experiences (methods used to help pupils learn).
• they provide teacher’s direction required for
organising and sequencing of content and learning
experiences.
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4.10 ADVANTAGES OF USING
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• they serve as a basis for selecting teaching and
learning resources by the teacher.
• They provide direction when evaluating the
effectiveness of the lesson or programme.
• They provide clear targets towards which teachers
and learners can work.
• They encourage teachers to think and plan their
work.
• They also provide a basis for marking and reporting
of pupils performance.
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4.11 LIMITATIONS OF OBJECTIVES
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5.1 WRITING LEARNING OBJECTIVES
USING BLOOM'S TAXONOMY
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5.2 BLOOM'S REVISED TAXONOMY
DB. Knowledge about cognitive tasks, including Knowledge of the types of tests particular
appropriate contextual and conditional teachers administer, knowledge of the cognitive
knowledge demands of different tasks
DC. Self-knowledge Knowledge that critiquing essays is a personal
strength,
whereas writing essays is a personal weakness;
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awareness of one’s own knowledge level
5.5 THE TAXONOMY TABLE
The The cognitive process dimension
knowledge 1.Remember 2. Understand 3. Apply 4. Analyse 5. Evaluate 6. Create
dimension
A.
Factual
Knowledge
C. Objective 1 Objective 6
Procedural
Knowledge
D.
Meta-
cognitive
knowledge
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5.6 TAXONOMY FRAMEWORK
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5.9 TAXONOMY FRAMEWORK
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5.15 REMEMBERING
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5.16 UNDERSTANDING
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5.17 UNDERSTANDING
Learning objectives Exam examinations
The students will summarize the Summarize the chemical reaction during
steps in the Haber process during the manufacture of ammonia using the
the manufacturing of ammonia. Haber process.
The students will describe in text Given a graph of oxygen production with
what is shown in graph form. time, describe what the graph represents
at t = 0 and t = 2 minutes.
From a “story-problem” description Konkola Copper Mines smelter emit two
of nitrogen dioxide, students will tons of nitrogen dioxide per hour. If the
convert the story to a mathematical emission has made the nearby river to
manipulation needed to solve the have reduced PH from the natural levels
problem. of 7.5 to 5, what is the concentration of H+
in the river?
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5.18 APPLYING
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5.19 APPLYING
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5.20 ANALYSING
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5.21 ANALYSING
Learning objectives Exam examinations
The students will read a From the short environmentalists’
environmentalists debate and point debate transcribed below:
out the passages that attribute Differentiate the passages that
pollution to mining activities rather attributed pollution to mining
natural cause. activities, and those that attributed
it to natural causes.
The students will point out the From the argument given below,
positive and negative points analyze the positive and negative
regarding recycling. issues about recycling of waste
products such as PET bottles
Students will discriminate among a Determine which of the following
list of possible steps for preparation preparative methods would most
of hydrogen to determine which likely lead to highest hydrogen yields
one(s) would lead to increased at minimum cost.
yields at the lowest cost.
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5.22 EVALUATING
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5.23 EVALUATING
Learning objectives Exam examinations
The students will use the idea of Using the basic idea of surface area,
surface area to evaluate rates evaluate the rate of dissolution of
reactions of the same substance in sugar in big lumps and fine powder
big lumps and fine powder .
Given a research study about copper Mining activities are heavily depended on
content in an ore in Mufulira town, the yield of pure copper from a given ore.
students will evaluate the It the copper content is less than 1% , the
mine risks going bankrupt. Given the results
appropriateness of continued mining
of a research about the copper content in
activities the ore evaluate the decision made by
the mining company to retrench 1000
workers
The students will compare two solids, Two pieces of sculpture from different eras
giving reasons for their evaluation of and artists are displayed. Study these two
one solid to be metal and the other a pieces, use the compare-contrast method
to determine which piece you think is a
non metal.
metal and which one is non metal. Utilize
the skills you have learned as we have
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studied properties of metals.
5.24 CREATING
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5.25 CREATING
Learning objectives Exam examinations
The students will produce an Develop one plausible
environmental policy for their environmental policy for
school. managing waste generated within
your school and community.
After studying the preparation of Working in your groups and
pentanoic acid from 1-hexene, considering the preparation of
student groups will design their own organic acids from unsaturated
method for preparing octanoic hydrocarbons. Design a method,
acid. stating clearly the stating
compound, for preparing
decanoic acid
The students will design a series of In the lab, you will be given a
chemical operations to separate solution to analyze to see what
quantitatively the elements in a elements make up the solution.
solution. Then design a series of chemical
operations to separate
quantitatively the elements in the 55
solution.
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