Chapter 5 Response: Formulating Goals and Objectives
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Goals are more general and more long term, objectives are more specific and more short term. Before reading this chapter, it seems to understand easy but it was difficult to define what the goal is and what the objective is but I got a lot of fresh ideas from this book. Goals were defined as “a way of putting into words the main purposes and intended outcomes of your course” (p.75). Objectives are described as “statements about how the goals will be achieved” (p.76). One goal is related not only to one objective but possibly to several ones. Graves (2000) explained this “objectives serve as a bridge between needs and goals” (p.79). I thought objectives plays a role to lead to goals.
What I find most interesting is goals and objectives are not cast in cement (p.93) it can be fixed and immovable which are not good qualities of goals and objectives. Teachers are supposed to understand not only teachers’ goals for class but also students’ needs and goals. Teachers are informed guess at what they hope to accomplish given what they know about their own context, student’s needs and beliefs about how people learn, and their experience whit the particular content (p.93) As it says in the book, Goals should be gereral, but not vague and Objectives should focus on what students will learn (p, 94). If teachers have a vague idea about what they are going to teach, students cannot learn effectively. Teachers must have a clear idea and beliefs about goals and objectives when designing a course. This chapter leaves me impression. Not having any experience of teaching, I got a lot of fresh ideas of ideal teaching ways along with right goals and objectives that teachers should try to develop.
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After I read your reflection, I was able to define the goals and objectives clearly and definitely. Although I had read the chapter, your article made me define them exactly.
I totally agree with you that objectives plays a role to lead to goals and the part that ‘Teachers are supposed to understand not only teachers’ goals for class but also students’ needs and goals’ and ‘Teachers must have a clear idea and beliefs about goals and objectives when designing a course’. I really think it is important for a teacher to have a clear idea and beliefs about goals based on my experience. I hope you will achieve your goal studying this course. Thank you for your reflection.