Curriculum Introduction & Process

Curriculum Introduction & Process Steps

1. CURRICULUM ANAMIKA RAMAWAT M.Sc. Nursing Prev. GCON, Jodhpur

2. INTRODUCTION The term “curriculum ’’ is a Latin word ‘currere’ which means ‘the race course or runway’ which one talk to reach a goal applied to a course of study. Curriculum is the base in education on which the teaching-learning process are implemented.

3. DEFINITIONS “A course especially the course of study in a university”. -Dictionary “A systematic arrangement of the sum total of selected experiences planned by a school or a defined group of students to attain the aims of particular educational program.” -Florence Nightingale International Foundation; Basic nursing education.  “All the experience of pupil which has undertaken in the guidance of the school”. -Bland’s Encyclopedia

4. “All the learning activities which are planned and guided by the school, whether they are carried out in groups and individually, inside or outside the school or college”. -Kerr (1968) “A curriculum is an attempt to communicate the essentials principles and features of an educational proposal in such a form that it is open to critical scrutiny and capable of effective translation into practice”. -Stenhouse

5. CONCEPT OF CURRICULUM

6. CHARACTERISTICS

7. NEED OF CURRICULUM

8. OVERVIEW OF CURRICULUM

9. DETERMINANTS OF CURICULUM

10. Principles of Curriculum

11. STEPS/PHASES IN CURRICULUM CONSTRUCTION

12. LEVELS OF CURRICULUM

13. FACTORS AFFECTING CURRICULUM 7. Health Needs

14. Recommendations for the Improvement of Curriculum

15. PRINCIPLES RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING CURICULUM Nursing curriculum should equip the students with the essential knowledge, skills and attitude so that they can fulfill their duties and responsibilities during the upcoming professional life. The expected results of the curriculum should be made clear to the students as well as the teacher. Curriculum development should consider the community needs with special emphasis to the health needs, lifestyle and cultural background of people, health services available and changes in the health pattern of the community.

16. CONTINUE…. As nursing students are living under the influence of the media and modern lifestyles, special measures have to be formulated in the curriculum for inculcating right attitude in them. Posting to the concerned clinical area should be preceded by adequate coverage of the related theory. Curriculum should offer adequate teaching learning activities in the class room, clinical area and community settings. Curriculum development has to consider the guidelines laid down by the statutory bodies like nursing council, universities, examination boards and the like.

17. CONTINUE…. Curriculum development should give due importance to high-tech-high touch approach in the nursing care. This will help to maintain the human component of nursing in the midst of technological advancements in patient care. Curriculum should allow a participatory approach in the teaching- learning process where students are mainly responsible for their leaning and teacher assumes the role of a facilitator of learning.

18. SUMMARY The curriculum describes the teaching, learning and assessment materials available for a given course of study. Any curriculum includes the philosophy of the program, total duration, learning experience teaching methods and materials including AV aids and a program of evaluation. there are 4 phases in curriculum development they are planning phase, development phase, implementation phase, and evaluation phase. The curriculum should be constructed in such a way that the purpose and educational objectives of the program should be achieved the teaching learning activities and learning experiences related to theory and practical components should be in conformity with the educational objectives of the program. The educational objectives should be stated in clear, and behavioral terms. The student and teachers of the particular educational programs should have a clear perception of the expected result.