[...]... processes affecting body organs and systems, through the introduction of integrated curricula in nursing education have not been very successful Regulatory nursing organizations implicitly or explicitly continue to demand clear indications of how much medical nursing, surgical nursing, paediatric nursing or obstetric and gynaecological nursing a prospective practising nurse has been exposed to during... clarifying beliefs about the purpose of nursing education, the range of views about knowledge and the roles of the teachers and learners in the educative process might serve as both starting points and criteria for monitoring one’s practice against the institution’s espoused philosophy of nursing education Curriculum development in nursing 18 References 21st Century Schools (2004) Designing a curriculum Curriculum. .. for instance, having fundamental nursing in level one, and medical-surgical nursing in level two An overview of the process 23 The process of curriculum development Curriculum development is the process of deciding what to teach and learn, along with the considerations needed to make such decisions It includes aspects such as tasks, roles, expectations, resources, time and space, and the ordering... deep understanding of traditional curriculum practice (what is currently being done), vision and values that drive both the traditional practitioners and those asking for change, reforms and reform movements in education and nursing, and lastly research that could inform curriculum decisions (Becher and Maclure, 1978) Curriculum development in nursing 24 Table 2.1 Tasks of a national curriculum committee... curriculum demands much time Curriculum development in nursing 16 approach of the discipline (problemsolving in partnership) It is a motivating way of teaching and learning It is student-centred Since knowledge is attained in context, it is remembered more easily It encourages personal development of the student Students learn how to learn, which promotes life-long learning and preparation of the school and. .. teaching or learning In this text it is used mainly with regard to problem-based learning, and is used interchangeably with ‘vignette’ School of Nursing A department within a university, or a college or any other higher education institution that is in charge of offering formal nursing and midwifery programmes It may also refer to the total higher education institution, in the case of a single-discipline... Critical curriculum theory Purpose of nursing education Transmission of worthwhile bodies of accumulated nursing knowledge Understanding of the world of nursing as inextricably intertwined with the world in which we live Democratic participation in health policy issues Reconstruction of the social order through critical understanding of social, political and economic determinants of health and disease... and role of the learner A passive and willing recipient of information Psychological and social beings with a natural need to make connections between their experiences as students of nursing and the world in The teaching/ learning process Teacher-directed with emphasis on knowledge acquisition methodologies such as drill, lecture and demonstration The driving learning theory is informationprocessing... has many meanings, and the choice of a particular meaning will greatly affect the process of developing such a curriculum We will use the word curriculum to refer to planned learning experiences offered in a single programme A school of nursing This is a department within a university, or a college or any other higher education institution that controls and administers formal nursing and midwifery... Rooted in Dewey’s progressive education ideology, especially his experimentalist and/ or pragmatist approach, process- focused curricula emphasize development of life skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and democratic citizenship In nursing education, problem-based learning has become a dominant approach in the process- focused curriculum Experiential learning is the learning theory that informs . Curriculum Development in Nursing Process and Innovations Education for nurses and allied health professionals is being radically overhauled both in. Curriculum Development in Nursing Process and Innovations Leana R Uys and Nomthandazo S Gwele LONDON AND NEW YORK First published in 2005 by Routledge