ABSTRACT
Critics of the use of behavioural objectives also argue that by stating objectives in advance teachers are not able to take advantage of opportunities which occur unexpectedly in the classroom. The difficulty of writing objectives in certain areas of the curriculum causes some critics to reject the whole idea of objectives. It is important that the objectives that teachers set for their pupils in their classroom activities should be consistent with the overall aims of the school, otherwise the aims are never likely to be achieved and some teachers could be working in opposing directions. There are a number of points about these objectives which merit discussion. The discussion of objectives is not a particularly easy task. It requires clarity of thought, care in definition of terms as well as a great deal of patience and goodwill. The curriculum in action is a controlled interaction between pupils, teachers, time, space, facilities, materials and equipment, content and activities.
