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George Bradford on 14 Dec 09"Learning to Hate Learning Objectives By Mikita Brottman Like many of my colleagues, I assume, I'm growing deeply frustrated with the need for "learning objectives"-that list of superficial projections and assumptions that most syllabi these days are required to contain ("Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to … "). Perhaps learning objectives make sense for most courses outside the humanities, but for me-as, no doubt, for many others-they bear absolutely no connection to anything that happens in the classroom."