by- Nang Aye Aye Htun 

Competency-based curriculum and Bloom’s Taxonomy

What is competency-based curriculum?

A competency-based curriculum is a curriculum that emphasizes the outcomes of a learning processes ( i.e. knowledge, skills and attitudes to be applied by the learners) rather than mainly focusing on what the learners are expected to learn about the subject contents. In principle, such a curriculum is learner-centered and  adaptive  to  the  changing  needs  of  students,  teachers  and society.  It  implies  that  learning  activities  and  environments  are  chosen  so  that learners can acquire and apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes to situations they encounter  in  everyday  life.

Jobelle   B.   Salvador   wrote   that the characteristics   of   Competency-Based Curriculum are:

  • 1.     Learning is measured according to how well the learner performs in relation to competencies (objectives).
  • 2.     Instructional system in which performance based learning process is used.
  • 3.     Focuses on the outcome of the learning
  • 4.     Addresses  what  the  learners  are  expected  to  do  rather than  on  what  they  are expected to learn about.
  • 5.     Allows the students to learn at their own pace.
  • 6. Students  progress  by  demonstrating  competence,  which  means  they  have  to prove  that  they  mastered  the  knowledge  and  skills  required  for  a  particular course.

There are 7 Core-competencies that we need to consider when we are planning to create the curriculum. They are:

  • ·       Communication and collaboration
  • ·       Critical thinking and problem solving
  • ·       Creativity and imagination
  • ·       Citizenship
  • ·       Self-efficacy
  • ·       Digital-literacy
  • ·       Learning to learn
To be able to accomplish the competency- based curriculum, we can use the Bloom’s Taxonomy theories in our learning and teaching processes.

 


                                               Three domains of Bloom's Taxonomy

The Bloom’s cognitive domain is helpful in designing and assessing the students’ knowledge. If we look at the cognitive domain, it is very clear that it started with the students’ knowledge stage which is a very basic skill to the evaluation stage where the students can make their own judgements and become the independent learners. In addition, the students can also have the opportunities to apply the critical thinking skills in the stage of analysis and synthesis stages.

Moreover, the students can also learn their life skills with the help of Bloom’s psychomotor domain. In that domain, the students will have a great chance to practice and perform what they have learned from the classes.

Finally, with the Bloom’s affective domain, the students can also learn how to be good citizen, and have growth mindsets. In other word, this domain is a good one to apply when we want the students to develop their personal skills and self-efficacy.

In conclusion, when we are talking about the competency-based curriculum (CBC) we should also notice the important of three domains of the Bloom’s Taxonomy in completing CBC in the schools. The three domains of the Bloom’s Taxonomy are the main tools in assessing and accomplishing when the CBC is used in the school.

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