Curriculum Development and Teaching Strategies

Catalog description

This course will focus on curriculum development processes – planning, design, implementation and evaluation of curricula in nursing education and active teaching strategies to promote learner engagement and accountability in learner-centric settings. Essential components of a nursing curriculum will be analyzed by each student based on selection of one existing pre-licensure, CCNE-accredited BSN nursing program. U.S. trends in 21 st Century higher education and the impact of national nursing and regional accreditation bodies on nursing education will be explored. Construction of an in-depth, faculty-approved lesson plan with the inclusion of SMART learning objectives for a select group of patients, nursing staff or students in an academic setting will be required, implemented in a brief teaching session and learning outcomes evaluated by each student. Students will develop a personal professional teaching philosophy which includes preferences for contemporary adult learning theory, Watson’s Caring Science philosophy applied to the practice of teaching adult learners and preferred active teaching-learning strategies. Current and emerging educational instructional technologies adapted for use in nursing education will be presented, ie, varied learning platforms, online technologies, multimedia; interactive software, telehealth, simulation learning online, in clinical and lab settings and in traditional academic settings.