Tuning-AHELO Conceptual Framework of Expected and Desired Learning Outcomes in Economics

The OECD Secretariat, at the invitation of the AHELO Group of National Experts, contracted the Tuning Association to undertake initial development work on learning outcomes to be used for valid and reliable assessments of students from diverse institutions and countries. The two disciplines selected for the AEHLO Feasibility Study are engineering and economics.Following the Tuning approach, academics from various regions and countries in the world reachedconsensus on definitions of expected learning outcomes for bachelor’s-type programmes in bothdisciplines. This Working Paper presents the outcomes of their work for the economics discipline.         This report intends to identify a set of learning outcomes and spur on a collective reflection onlearning outcomes for economics at the transnational level.         In addition to the agreed upon learning outcomes, the paper presents an overview of the field ofeconomics, the typical degrees and occupations in economics associated to the first and second cycledegrees. The paper also discusses the role of learning outcomes and presents the approach used to definingthem. A summary of some of the prior work on the learning outcomes approaches in the economics field isalso provided.      