¶ … Curriculum Design
ISSUES AND TRENDS IN CURRICULUM DESIGN
The obj3ective of this study is to review and research issues and trends in curriculum design relating to healthcare and to elaborate on recommendations dealing with the issues and in view of the trends.
Gone are the days in education when the issues were simple and the lessons followed course since in today's society there are healthcare issues such as AIDS, premarital sex and needed birth control measures as well as other non-sexually related diseases including cancer and other health issues. The curriculum for healthcare education is a touchy issues because of the various religion, political, social, and familial values that exist in a diverse society with many races, ethnicities, and backgrounds. For this reason, the educator in healthcare must understand the volatile ground on which curriculum design may tread and the various view of parents, communities, as well as religious and political leaders in the community.
I. The Literature
Albert (2007) reports that he medical education literature describes 4 main elements of curriculum development that should be used: (1) curriculum design, which comprises the content and organization; (2) instructional design, which comprises teaching and learning strategies; (3) the assessment of learners; and (4) evaluation of curriculum." (p.1) The last and critical element as noted by Albert is the evaluation of the curriculum. Historically and traditionally the content of curriculum has been teacher driven most particularly becaus3e teacher "clearly have an interest and a stake in delivering what they feel to be a high quality product." (Albert, 2007, p. 1) it was noted by Saxton and Olsen (1994) the health educators have "historically advocated both health education and healthy environments for students" and specifically noted is that health care education in...
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