Curriculum Planning and Development (CPD)

02 Credit Hour- Year 2, Semester IV (SENE)

Muhammad Ibrahim
 Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Develop appropriate learning objectives relevant to each learning
domain as applied to the basic nursing and/or midwifery curricula
2. Plan for a supportive infrastructure to facilitate the curriculum process
3. Construct a curriculum, which demonstrates the accepted common
characteristics of a sound curriculum
4. Develop a lesson plan
5. Identify the philosophical premises that influence curriculum
development and implementation
6. Construct a content map, course outline and class schedules
7. Plan and develop a classroom learning experience
8. Utilize principles of content organization within a curriculum and
within a course
Evaluation Criteria
Formative Evaluation
• Midterm 30
– Assignments
– Presentation
– Attendance

Summative Evaluation
• Final Exam 70
– BCQs (25) 50
– ACQs (5/4) 20

• Total 100
CONTENT
UNIT I- Introduction
1. Curriculum Foundation
– Curriculum Orientations
– Transmission
– Translation
– Transformation

2. Curriculum Theorist
– Tyler
– Tabu
– Skinner
– Rogers
– Gagne
– Ausubel
– Torres
– Bevis
– Tanner
 UNIT II- Curriculum Philosophy

• Western Traditions
• Behaviorism Humanism
• Eastern Traditions
• Islamic Foundations of Education
• British Influences
• Self-actualization and Motivation through Education
• What it means to be educated to be educated in
Pakistan
 UNIT III- Nursing Curricula in Pakistan

• The Early Influences on nursing Education-Florence

nightingale
• The Basic Nursing Curriculum of Pakistan, 1992
• The Basic Midwifery Curriculum of Pakistan, 1994
• The Role of the Pakistan Nursing Council in relation to
nursing curricula
• Traditional Symbols of Nursing in Pakistan
• Entry Requirements for Nursing in Pakistan
UNIT IV- How to Develop a Program Philosophy

• Beliefs about Nursing

• Beliefs about Education
• Beliefs about Students
• Beliefs about teachers
• The Influence of family
• Beliefs Statements on Curriculum Implementation
UNIT V- How to Develop Curriculum Objectives

• Graduate characteristics and Terminal Behavior

• Leveling of objectives throughout the curriculum
• Course objectives
• Classroom objectives
UNIT VI- How to Develop Curriculum Content

• Selecting content and determining, priorities for

curriculum
• Content mapping contextual relevance
UNIT VII- How to Evaluate the Curriculum

• Program evaluation
• Course evaluation
• Student evaluation
UNIT VIII- How to Manage the Curriculum

• Advisory groups
• Infrastructure to support the curriculum process
utilizing
• Faculty and students developing and maintaining
curriculum excellence
 References

• Pakistan Nursing Council Midwifery Curriculum, 1994

Pakistan Nursing council Basic Nursing Curriculum,
1992
• Curzon, L.B., Teaching in Further Education". An Outline
of Principles and Practice". Third Edition Holt, Rinehart
and Winston, 1985.
• Torres, G., Stanton, M., "Curriculum Process in
Nursing". Prentice- Halt, Inc., 1982.
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Product A Product B
• Feature 1 • Feature 1
• Feature 2 • Feature 2
• Feature 3 • Feature 3