Day Care Management Course Design Based on OBE and PjBL for Teacher Education of Early Childhood Education Program

Abstract

To improve the quality of education and learning services in universities, improvement of the curriculum is done continuously to achieve the goals of the SDGs. Outcome-Based Education (OBE) and project-based learning (PjBL) models are innovative instructional strategies to advance education and learning in higher education. This article describes the development design of Daycare Management courses based on OBE and PjBL Models in a bachelor's degree of Early Childhood Education Department. The course development plan can be determined and developed by the lecturers independently or together in a team of experts in the same fields of science and technology in the study program. The model includes determining graduate learning outcome (GLO), course learning outcome (CLO), subject learning outcome (sub-CLO), and course analysis. The learning method uses the PjBL model is formulated in six stages, namely: (1) introduction, (2) prompting questions, (3) ongoing investigation, (4) reflection on experience, (5) project analysis and revision, and (6) project presentation. This model becomes a curriculum innovation that can improve the professionalism of undergraduate students in managing daycare.