Course Design: Objectives

Align Teaching Role with Goals, Objectives, Lessons, and Assessment

Course Name: _____________________________________

What is your primary role as a teacher? (from the Teaching Goals Inventory)
1. Teaching students facts and principles of the subject matter.
2. Providing a role model for students
3. Helping students develop higher-order thinking skills
4. Preparing students for jobs/careers
5. Fostering student development and personal growth
6. Helping students develop basic learning skills

Essential Course Goals (from Teaching Goals Inventory)

Objectives: Objectives are specific subcategories of goals, and they should inform your lessons and assessments. They are different from goals in that they are always observable or measurable and are described using action verbs.

“At the end of this course the students should be able to....”