Outcomes-Based Education Does Not Have to be Outcomes Driven: An Integrated Model for Lesson Planning in Outcomes-Based Education

Abstract

In this article the writers offer a model for lesson preparation for Curriculum 2005. The model integrates outcomes, pedagogy and content in a way that is theoretically sound and practically useful. It incorporates the outcomes for the Language, Literacy and Communication learning area, includes the approach to content outlined in COTEP (1996) (content as knowledge, skills and values), and suggests that pedagogy is a combination of theoretical approach in the discipline, method and classroom organisation. The model is designed to assist teachers with their lesson planning and is easy to use. The article presents the model through commentary on a series of diagrams, each of which focuses on a stage in the planning process. Although designed for Language, Literacy and Communication, the integrated model is applicable to all learning areas and could easily be adapted by teachers. It is also adaptable to contexts other than the new South African curriculum.