Curriculum development in nursing education

Author(s)

    • Iwasiw, Carroll L.
    • Goldenberg, Dolly

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Curriculum development in nursing education

Carroll L. Iwasiw, Dolly Goldenberg

Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2015

3rd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Creation of an evidence-informed, context-relevant, unified curriculum
  • Faculty development for curriculum work and change
  • Ongoing appraisal in curriculum work
  • Scholarship in curriculum work
  • Determining the need, and gaining faculty and stakeholder support for curriculum development
  • Deciding on the curriculum leader and leading curriculum work
  • Organizing for curriculum work
  • Gathering data for an evidence-informed, context-relevant, unified curriculum
  • Analyzing and interpreting contextual data for an evidence-informed, context-relevant, unified curriculum
  • Establishing philosophical and educational approaches for an evidence-informed, context-relevant, unified curriculum
  • Formulating curriculum goals or outcomes for an evidence-informed, context-relevant, unified curriculum
  • Designing an evidence-informed, context-relevant, unified curriculum
  • Creating courses for an evidence-informed, context-relevant, unified curriculum
  • Ensuring readiness for curriculum implementation
  • Planning curriculum evaluation
  • Curriculum considerations in nursing education by distance delivery index

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Curriculum Development in Nursing Education, Third Edition provides nursing students with the theory and practical ideas necessary to develop an evidence-based, context-relevant, unified curriculum. Throughout the text the authors guide students to develop this type of curriculum with an emphasis on a concept-based curriculum. The Third Edition also emphasizes the importance of a conceptually and visually unified curriculum and offers ideas on how to achieve this throughout the text. The Third Edition focuses on the concepts of faculty development, ongoing appraisal, and scholarship which are new to nursing education literature. This text includes a chapter dedicated to each of these concepts: curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation as well as concrete examples around how to execute them. New content also addresses development, implementation, and evaluation of a curriculum offered via distance learning. New to the Third Edition: * Continued emphasis on the development of evidence-informed, context-relevant, and unified nursing curriculums * New sections on designing a concept-based curriculum and concept-based courses * Exploration of new ideas around readiness for curriculum implementation including fidelity of implementation * Expanded section on distance learning in nursing education featuring ideas around exemplary teaching Key Features: * Specific examples around the development of an evidence-based curriculum * In-depth coverage of the role of faculty development, ongoing appraisal, and scholarship as core processes of curriculum work * Instruction for how to design concept based courses * Brain-based learning

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