Category: Curriculum

  • Curriculum Development and Evaluation in Nursing

    What Are Some of the Reasons for Using an Educational Framework and/or Philosophy to Guide Your Approach to Developing Curriculum? Philosophy is one of the components of the curriculum. It means that it is impossible to develop one without using philosophy. That said, there are several reasons for deploying it to guide the approach to…

  • Health and Physical Education Curriculum

    Learning Ambassadors in the sphere of health and professional education have enriched schools with their vast experience and contributed to the development of standardised physical education in a range of elementary schools. One of the examples became Sandusky city school in Ontario. The weakness of that was that it lacked a comprehensive program for physical…

  • Regulatory and Accrediting Influences on Curriculum

    Table of Contents Introduction Accreditation and regulatory agencies Influencing on the curriculum Conclusion Reference list Introduction The need for regulatory and accreditation in certain fields was occasioned by the desire to protect life and health by ensuring that required standards are upheld by all concerned stakeholders. About the dangers and harm, it becomes imperative to…

  • Nursing Curriculum Development Project

    Cultural Competency Educational Setting and Topic Cultural competency ensures the best use of healthcare processes by selecting employees who are capable of providing the best healthcare services for their patient population pool. Its perspectives focus on nurses who have the capacities to deal with patients from various ethnic backgrounds. In most cases, the cultural competence…

  • Aspects of Curriculum Development in Nursing

    The individuals selected to form a review group should be specialists in the given learning domain. For example, a curriculum for a health specialty degree such as dentistry can only be created or reviewed by persons with a strong background in dentistry. Hence, specialty checks and further training in curriculum development are vital when convening…

  • Faculty Role in Curriculum Development: Tools for Nursing

    Introduction The curriculum defines what constitutes the graduates of a learning institution. It represents the diversity that makes up a school, college, institute, or university. Clearly elucidating the myriad pedagogical philosophies within the classroom and hands-on teaching, the curriculum helps in defining the strength, quality, and success of any learning or training institution. In order…

  • Influence of Regulatory Agencies on Curriculum Development

    The national council of state boards of nursing is national organization whose membership includes boards of nursing in 50 U.S states and the recognized territories of United States of America. The US territories include American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marina Islands, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. The state boards of nursing are state governmental agencies whose…

  • ESL Students Curriculum and Assessment

    My curriculum is organized around an analytical skill. I organized my curriculum in a way that leads to instilling in my students analytical skills, this relied on none other element but grammar (Graves, 2000, p.135). In this curriculum, learners received suitable program support to allow them to participate productively in class. In order to provide…

  • Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development

    Introduction It has been acknowledged that teaching careers are based on the principle of sharing knowledge and experiences. Educators are passing on certain knowledge and skills to younger generations. There are different ways to improve this process and a proper combination of curriculum, instruction and development can be crucial. Importantly, Tomlinson (2014) notes that the…

  • Curriculum Development for Employee Training

    Designing and developing a course-centered curriculum in the agency The course-centered curriculum requires the support of the professionals involved in requirement and training and experienced workers of each department that will participate in the course (Rothwell & Kazanas, 2003). That way, the curriculum will be designed based on the subjects identified by the experienced workers…