Trends

One of the trends involved in CBE is that the learner is made to be highly responsible for their own learning. The ability to meet the expected standards of performance (outcomes) is the result of learner-teacher interaction, not simply a matter of instructor inputs over a set period of time. The onus is on the student to put into practice what the instructor has modeled. On the side of the instructor, the approach to teaching in CBE emphasizes the teacher as model or exemplar of the knowledge and skills being taught. My learning partner described how “demonstration lectures” work in culinary arts education. His goal is not just to transmit information, but to teach skills and also to encourage certain attitudes (professionalism, confidence, creativity).