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A formal approach to organization of educational objectives
A formal approach to organization of educational objectives

Author(s): Milan Segedinac, Mirjana Segedinac, Zora Konjović, Goran Savić
Subject(s): Psychology, School education, Educational Psychology, State/Government and Education, Ontology
Published by: Društvo psihologa Srbije
Keywords: educational objectives; curriculum development; formal representation; knowledge space theory; ontology;

Summary/Abstract: The organization of educational objectives plays an important role in curriculum development process, since it enables the sequencing of educational experiences. The main goal of this paper is to propose a framework for the formal representation of educational objectives, which enables the evaluation of organization of educational objectives. The model is based on domain ontology, Bloom’s taxonomy and objectives organization in the competence-based knowledge space. The model is verified on the case study that evaluates the students‘ achievements in Chemistry field Solutions by conducting an informal knowledge test on the group of 199 14-year-old students of primary schools in the Republic of Serbia. The results obtained from the case study clearly indicate the necessity for including assessment of students‘ achievements in the organization of educational objectives. The proposed model enables evaluation of organization of educational objectives which could be further used for an iterative refinement of the organization of educational objectives.

  • Issue Year: 44/2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 307-323
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English