INTRODUCTION  The hidden curriculum is a set of ethical, moral, and value-based teachings communicated to doctors-in-training, providing a basis for their future interactions with patients, peers, and colleagues. The aim of our study is to introduce the concept of the hidden curriculum to a cohort of third-year medical students and to subsequently evaluate their understanding. In particular, we...

It is implied by governing organizations that Australia is presently experiencing its first national curriculum reform, when as the title suggests it is the second. However, until now Australian states and territories have been responsible for the education curriculum delivered within schools. The present national curriculum reform promises one curriculum framework for health and physical educa...

The development of curriculum to facilitate the development of graduate entrepreneurship is a challenging task. That we can help graduate students become entrepreneurs is a frequently challenged assumption. To make matters worse there is little consensus as to how entrepreneurship education should be delivered. This paper argues that our focus should be first and foremost on the processes assoc...

In this paper we describe the development of an ICT environment for a newly developed curriculum at the School of Management and Organization, University of Groningen. The curriculum is highly integrative and requires students to carry out sets of complex practical tasks. These tasks all involve the practical application of scientific theories and models, and require practical skills in elabora...

This paper contends that establishing a central theme in the information systems curriculum is important to program stakeholders. An analysis of the IS 2010 Curriculum Guidelines (Topi et al., 2010) reveals that the systems approach can be an effective integrating theme throughout the IS curriculum. This paper concludes that the systems approach to problem solving, applied at different levels o...

A literature review of the development of the information technology (IT) curriculum in recent decades in Hong Kong reveals that the aim of the curriculum has shifted from Computer Studies to the development of information literacy (IL). Based on a survey of all schools in Hong Kong and in response to the demand for IL in society, a curriculum framework is proposed that fosters the IL of studen...

In the field of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) the organization of the knowledge to be taught (curriculum) plays an important role. Different educational theories are used to organize the information, producing as many curriculum models as many ITSs exist. Most of these models are strict, leading to a teaching strategy unable to adapt itself to the student’s learning strengths. In this pape...

Reflection, where clinical experiences are analyzed to gain greater understanding and meaning, is an important step in workplace learning. Residency programs must teach their residents the skills needed for deep reflection. Medical educators may find it difficult to construct a curriculum which includes the key elements needed to enable learners to attain these skills. When we first implemented...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the effect of a "move and learn" curriculum on physical activity (PA) in 3- to 5-year-olds attending a half-day preschool program. METHODS Classrooms were randomized to receive an 8-week move and learn program or complete their usual curriculum. In intervention classes, opportunities for PA were integrated into all aspects of the preschool curriculum, including...