OBE: The Restructuring Of American Society.
There has been a concern for some time throughout America regarding the
quality of public education. Students are graduating from highschool without
adequate knowledge of the three R's. Universities are recruiting a multitude of
incompetent pseudo-scholars. Employers don't understand why the new generation
of workers do not possess the basic skills to perform the job. It would appear
that American students are not learning as much as their parents did. And yet,
teachers are still teaching, taxes are still being paid, and more funds than
ever are being appropriated for public education. What's going on in America's
classrooms?
Up until the 1980's most schools used a standards based curriculum. In
the traditional classroom setting, educators focused on the input side of
education, teaching a specific body of knowledge. Students were graded against
predefined standards and passed or failed based on their ability to meet those
standards.......
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