School curriculum leadership within the context of curriculum reform

The Student leadership in curriculum development and reform project

Both in the Australian Higher Education sector and internationally, the student voice plays an important role in helping universities improve the overall student experience. This paper explores the role of student leaders in influencing and enhancing teaching and learning in Australian Universities. It pays particular attention to the skills, knowledge and personal characteristics required in s...

Argumentation, leadership, and curriculum

In volume 8(1) Litalien wrote about the value of thinking deeply about and seriously debating some of the more significant issues in health care. In this issue, Leontowicz bluntly assesses the ability of medical students to argue productively as largely wanting. Thankfully, Dr. Epstein has contributed an illuminating commentary to accompany the Leontowicz and Litalien letters boldly stating: “[...

Medical Education and Curriculum Reform:

The purpose of this paper is to elaborate criteria by which the principles of curriculum reform can be judged. To this end, the paper presents an overview of standard critiques of medical education and examines the ways medical curriculum reforms have responded to these critiques. The paper then sets out our assessment of these curriculum reforms along three parameters: pedagogy, educational co...

Curriculum reform: a narrated journey.

OBJECTIVES Curriculum reform poses significant challenges for medical schools across the globe. Understanding the medical educator's personal and lived experience of curriculum change is paramount. This paper illustrates the use of narrative inquiry as a means of exploring the author's own evolving professional identity as a medical educator engaged in planning and leading curriculum reform and...

Approaches to Multicultural Curriculum Reform