1. What is the measured curriculum? 2. In what waysdo alternative curriculum conceptions and designs influence curriculum delivery and evaluation? 3. What common ideas do technological, cognitive processes, and academic rationalism embrace? 4. How do social reconstructionism and self-actualization differ? 5. How do the means-end, naturalistic observation, educational connoisseurship, and case s...

Assignment: The final assignment consists of a paper in which students analyse and describe a relevant issue or problem in curriculum development policy or curriculum practice in a specific context, e.g. your home country. The paper could also include a case study of a curriculum development project. In describing and analysing certain trends or problems in curriculum development policy or prac...

This paper describes the first phase of a Mechatronics Curriculum Development effort—the design of an “Introduction to Mechatronics” course, the infusion of mechatronics activities throughout the curriculum and in outreach activities, and assessment results. In addition, the relevance and impact of such a curriculum on the education of engineers in relation to the evolving global economy is dis...

The basic principles of the development of modern curriculum in computer science and information systems in Latvia as well as lessons learnt are discussed. The curriculum is based on two widely used documents “Computing Curricula 1991” and “IS’97”. At the same time the curriculum is strongly influenced by the local conditions of Latvian higher education system and requirements of the labour mar...

Has the leadership role of curriculum workers in instruc tional program planning been usurped by recent trends in back to basics and minimum compe tency testing? Is curriculum devel opment a fait accompli of educa tional funding policies, pressure politics, and legislative mandates? Has the current crisis in education restricted the role and function of curriculum specialists to that of "manage...

BACKGROUND During the last 5 years a fundamental curriculum reform was realized at the medical school of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University. In contrast to those efforts, the learning objectives were not defined consistently for the curriculum and important questions concerning the curriculum could not be answered. This also applied to Occupational and Environmental Medicine where teachers of bo...

Teachers play a pivotal role in implementing educational innovations and realising curriculum change. Consequently, their perceptions of innovations and curricula content are of crucial importance. In this study, teachers’ perceptions of the new ICT curriculum in Flanders are examined. This curriculum reflects Flemish society’s underlying vision of the role of technology and ICT in teaching and...

BACKGROUND Teaching quality improvement (QI) principles during residency is an important component of promoting patient safety and improving quality of care. The literature on QI curricula for internal medicine residents is limited. We sought to evaluate the impact of a competency based curriculum on QI among internal medicine residents. METHODS This was a prospective, cohort study over four ...

Firstly, it was found that the Indian curriculum is far more instrumental than the American curriculum. Emphasis was placed on business applications of technology, laying bare the desire to turn graduates into engineers. Chemistry, Physics, and Electronics were well represented in the Indian curriculum but not at all in the American curriculum, possibly reflecting an Indian preference for this ...

This paper represents a systematic evaluation of the Core Medical Training Curriculum in the UK. The authors critically review the curriculum from a medical education perspective based mainly on the medical education literature as well as their personal experience of this curriculum. They conclude in practical recommendations and suggestions which, if adopted, could improve the design and imple...