EDUCATIONAL AIM, OBJECTIVES

AND DOMAINS
Definitions Of Education Given By The
Educationist
i. Education Mean An All Round Drawing Out The

Best In Child & Man Body, Mind & Spirit”(Mahatma

Gandhi)

ii. Education Means Training For Country & Love For

Nation(Chanakya)

iii. Education Is A Complete Living(Spencer)

Types of Education
⚫ Formal education: imparted in schools & colleges.

⚫ Informal education: imparted by the family , press ,

radio or other medias.

⚫ Non formal education: correspondence courses, on job

training, satellite training program run by IGNOU.

 Teaching / Learning
⚫ Teaching: Interaction between teacher & students to
achieve the desired outcome/ pre-decided goal &
objectives.
⚫ Learning: Change in the behavior of the students or
learners which is relatively permanent in nature.

Teaching is a social phenomena where as learning is a

psychological phenomena.
 AIMS OF
EDUCATION
 INTRODUCTION

Aim is a predetermined goal,

which inspires the individual to
attain it through appropriate
activities. As education is a
planned & purposeful activity, the
aims are necessary in giving
direction to education.
FACTORS DETERMINING
EDUCATIONAL AIMS:-
⚫ PHILOSPHY OF LIFE :- Education is the
best means for propagation of
philosophy.
⚫ Elements of human nature.
⚫ Religious factors.
⚫ Socioeconomic factors & problems of
the country.
⚫ Cultural factors.
⚫ Exploration of knowledge.
GENERAL AIMS OF EDUCATION:-
1. VOCATIONAL EFFICIENCY:- Education
should prepare the child to earn his
livelihood & make herself sufficient.
2.KNOWLEDGE:- It is essential for
intellectual growth, good IPR, healthy
adjustment in life, self awareness,
attainment of knowledge is an important
aim of education.
3.COMPLETE LIVING:- Education acquaints
the person with activities of completed
living.
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4.HARMINIOUS PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT:-
Harmonious cultivation of the
physical intellectual, emotional ,
mental, moral character, spiritual
aspects of human development
thus a well balanced personality
development will take place with
education.
5. CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT:-
⚫ Every individual has to become
cultured & civilized through education.
6. SELF REALIZATION:- Education
should help a person based on his
potentials. what he is going to become.
7.CITIZENSHIP:- The child has to be
educated to become a good citizenship
of his country.
8.leisure:- Leisure is a part of human life ,
where enjoyment & recreation occurs.
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9.DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP:-
Education should train the youth to
assume leadership responsible in various
fields like social, political, industrial &
cultural fields.
10.EDUCATION FOR INCREASED
PRODUCTIVITY:-
Education should help to satisfy this need
through the production of manpower.
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11. SOCIAL & NATIONAL INTEGRATION:-
Education should include the feeling of
oneness & belongingness.
12.EDUCATION FOR MODERNIZATION.
13.EDUCATION FOR EQUALITY.
14. MORAL DEVELOPMENT.
❖ IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUAL AIM:-every
individual is new & unique & different
from others. education is given for sake
of individual with a view to save him
from destruction.
⚫ THE NATURALISTS SUPPORT TO THE AIM:-
The naturalists like TP NUNN told that
“the central aim of education is the
autonomous (self) development of the
individual.”
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▪ THE PSYCHOLOGISTS SUPPORT TO THE AIM:-
The psychologists opinion that
education is an individual process.
The work of education should be to
find out the individual child’s innate
powers & possibilities & to provide the
means by which he may enable to
realize highest them.
SPIRITUALIST SUPPORT TO EDUCATION:
The spiritualists are of the view that
every individual is a separate entity &
responsible for his own actions.
LIMITATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL AIM:-
⚫ It makes an individual self centered &
indiscipline.
SOIAL AIMS OF EDUCATION:-

GANDHIJI FORMULATED the basic scheme

with the objective of making people
realize that education was not merely for
the individual, but for the needs of
predominantly rural population.
AIMS OF NURSING EDUCATION
Nursing education is the professional
education for the preparation of nurses
to enable them to professional nursing
care to people of all ages, in all phases
of health & illness, in a variety of
setting.
 AIMS
1. Nursing manpower development.
2. Nursing education should impart scientific
knowledge.
3. Nursing education should have sufficient
theory content.
4. Nurses have to implement health care
programme & health care services in
community.
5. To improve professional development.
6. Nursing education should include democratic
values.
FACTORS INFLUENCING NURSING
EDUCATION:
⚫ Health needs of the people in the
society.
⚫ Needs of the student & time.
⚫ Philosophy of nursing
⚫ Current trend in general & professional
education
⚫ Advances in science & technology.
 EDUCATIONAL AIM AND OBJECTIVES
⚫ Education is a process which brings about changes in
human behaviour.
⚫ Every individual should have access to a type of
education that permit maximum development of his
potentials and capabilities.
⚫ So, in any educational programme it is essential that
educational objectives are clearly stated to achieve the
teaching learning process effective.
 DEFINITION OF EDUCATIONAL
OBJECTIVE
⚫ ACC. TO J.J GILBERT: The results sought by the learner

at the end of educational programme.

Cont…….
⚫ Educational objectives are the desirable outcomes of
intended actions through the mode of action.

⚫ Educational objectives are the learner centered or

behaviour centered and subject centered.
 IMPORTANCE TO USE
EDUCATIONALOBJECTIVES
⚫ To develop mental skills and application in changing
situations.
⚫ To determine curriculum level.

⚫ To define scope of teaching.

⚫ The assess the learner and nurse educator

performance.
DATA REQUIRED FOR
FORMULATING EDUCATIONAL
OBJECTIVES
⚫ The following information will be formulate
educational objectives in an effective manners:
1. Philosophical statement of the institute.
2. Social and health needs of the society.
3. Need of the students.
4. Resources available in the society.
5. Entry criteria of level of students.
6. Specification of positions to be held by the students
on the completion of the programme like staff
nursing, nursing tutor etc.
7. Minimum requirement in terms of clinical and other
facilities prescribed by INC and University.
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8. Future Trends in Nursing.
9. Criteria to be fullfilled in order to appear for
internationally reputed qualifying examination like
MOH AND NCLEX exam etc
LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
⚫ INSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIVES

⚫ GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES

⚫ SPECIFIC OUTCOME OF LEARNING

 INSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIVES
⚫ At this level, objectives are written for universities,

colleges, schools and other educational institution.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL
OBJECTIVES
⚫ At this level, objectives are written for department,

unit or a course.
SPECIFIC OUTCOME OF LEARNING
⚫ At this level, objectives are written to describe the

expected learning activity in precise and measurable

term.
 ADVANTAGES OF EDUCATIONAL
OBJECTIVES
1. Educational objectives fill the communication gap.

2. Educational objectives enhances learners

involvement in the learning process.
3. Educational objectives enhance the teaching ability
of the nurse educator.
4. Educational objectives equip the examiner to
measure learning achievements.
 MEANING OF DOMAIN
⚫ It’s simply means ‘category ‘. It can be thought of as
categories from a whole with emphasis or creating a
new meaning or structure .
 TYPES OF DOMAINS
⚫ COGNITIVE DOMAIN
⚫ AFFECTIVE DOMAIN
⚫ PSYCHOMOTOR DOMAIN
COGNITIVE DOMAIN
 COGNITIVE DOMAIN

Dr. Bloom’s Hierarchical Taxonomy for the cognitive

domain (knowledge) including 6 edu. Objective level.
LEVELS OF COGNITIVE DOMAIN
KNOWLEDGE :-
⚫ Observation and recall of information, Knowledge of
dates, events, places.
⚫ Knowledge of major ideas.
⚫ Mastery of subject matter.
⚫
⚫ ACTION VERB :- Define, list, write, label, identify,
describe.
 CONTD….
COMPREHENSION :-

⚫ Understanding information.

⚫ Grasp meaning.

⚫ Translate knowledge into new context

⚫ ACTION VERB :-Indicate, formulate, classify, explain.

 CONTD…
APPLICATION :-
⚫ Use information.
⚫ Use methods, concepts theories in new situations.
SYNTHESIS :-
⚫ Use old ideas to create new ones.
⚫ Relate knowledge from several areas.
⚫ Generalize from given facts.
EVALUTION :-
⚫ The ability to judge the value of material for a given
purpose judgment based on define criteria.
AFFECTIVE DOMAIN
D.R Krathwohl’s Taxonomy for the Affective domain
(Attitude, Beliefs and Values) including 5 edu. Objective
level.
LEVELS OF AFFECTIVE DOMAIN
RECEIVING
Awareness, selected attention, willingness to hear.
ACTION VERB :-
Ask, choose, describe, selects, names, gives.
RESPONDING:-
Active participation on the part of the learner.
Attend and react to a particular phenomenon
VALUING :-
This level indicate acceptance and internalization
of the values.
 CONTD
CONCEPTUALIZATION :-
It is relationship between a value and the ones already
hold or new is involved
ORGANIZATION :-
Ability to organize values to arrange them in
appropriate order.
CHARACTERIZATION :-
Highest level of learner’s value system which has
become their philosophy of their life.
PSYCHOMOTOR DOMAIN
E.J Simpson’s hierarchical Taxonomy for the psychomotor
domain (physical skill) including 6 edu. Objective level.
LEVELS OF PSYCHOMOTOR
DOMAIN
IMITATION :-
Imitation of an action performance when the learner
is exposed to an observable action he begins to make
convert imitation of that action.
MANIPULATION :-
At this level the learner is capable of performing an
act according to instructions rather than only by
observation.
COORDINATION :-
At this level skill is carried out smoothly with in a
reasonable time
 CONTD….
CONTROL :-
Here the skills are internalized to such extent that the
student adopt them to cater for special circumstances.
HABIT FORMATION :-
At this level an act is performed automatically without
involvement of consciousness.
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