Curriculum planning Dr Leila bazrafkkan Shiraz EDC WHAT
Curriculum planning Dr. Leila bazrafkkan Shiraz -EDC
WHAT IS CURRICULUM? Curriculum is a design PLAN for learning that requires the purposeful organization, and management of the interactions among the teacher, the students, and the content knowledge we want students to acquire.
TEN QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN PLANNING A COURSE OR CURRICULUM BY R. M. HARDEN MEDICAL EDUCATION 1986, 20(4): 356 -365
10 STEPS IN CURRICULUM PLANNING Identifying the need Establishing the learning outcomes Agreeing the content Organizing the content Deciding the educational strategies Deciding the teaching methods Preparing the assessment Communication about the curriculum Promoting fan appropriate educational environment Managing the curriculum
Job Role Task Activity Stage
EDUCATIONAL NEED Elderly patients Non communicable diseases Healthy women
OUR CURRICULA Declared Curriculum What we assume/claim students learn. Taught Curriculum Learned Curriculum What is actually presented. What students actually learn Harden, RM. 2001. AMEE Guide No. 21. Curriculum mapping: a tool for transparent and authentic teaching and learning. Medical Teacher 23. 2: 123 -137.
THE CORE CURRICULUM The Core Curriculum addresses the core concepts, principles, and skills of a discipline. It is designed to help students understand essential, discipline-based content through the use of representative topics.
THE CONCEPT OF THE CORE CURRICULUM 7 C v. Certification v Capability v Comprehensiveness v Consistency v Constructivism v Choice v Compacted curriculum
SPICES Student-centered Problem-based Integrated Community-based Continuing education Elective Systematic vs. vs. vs. Teacher-centered Subject-based Discipline-based Hospital-based Pre graduate vs. Standard program Opportunistic
10 STEPS IN CURRICULUM PLANNING Identifying the need Establishing the learning outcomes Agreeing the content Organizing the content Deciding the educational strategies Deciding the teaching methods Preparing the assessment Communication about the curriculum Promoting fan appropriate educational environment Managing the curriculum
A CONTINUUM OF TEACHING METHODS Lecturer participation learner participation Lecture Small Research group teaching supervision Lab work Self study
Two important dimensions of Methods Guided High Problem-based class Lecture Discovery Learning Case study Degree of Structure Poor Discussion following reading of seminar paper Post-lecture tutorial Tutor dominated Seminar paper while paper is read Independent Learning Dominance Student dominated
10 STEPS IN CURRICULUM PLANNING Identifying the need Establishing the learning outcomes Agreeing the content Organizing the content Deciding the educational strategies Deciding the teaching methods Preparing the assessment Communication about the curriculum Promoting fan appropriate educational environment Managing the curriculum
LEVELS OF ASSESSMENT Institutional Academic § § (Program) Curriculum Courses Teaching-learning Methods Assessment Methods Individual Students: § § § Learning Performance Attitudes Behaviors Skills Satisfaction Faculty
10 STEPS IN CURRICULUM PLANNING Identifying the need Establishing the learning outcomes Agreeing the content Organizing the content Deciding the educational strategies Deciding the teaching methods Preparing the assessment Communication about the curriculum Promoting fan appropriate educational environment Managing the curriculum
APPROACH TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT Engineering approach Mechanic's approach Cookbook approach Rail way approach Detective Bureaucratic approach
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Curriculum is a complex phenomenon existing within ever expanding social and political dynamics.
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