Curriculum Development in Nursing Education

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Curriculum Development in Nursing Education, Second Edition continues its dedication to the advancement of nursing education, and in particular, to the ongoing development of relevant yet dynamic nursing education curricula. This Second Edition offers current, accessible, and comprehensive tips and tools and incorporates a balance of theoretical perspectives and practical applications. The Second Edition has been completely revised and updated and includes an expanded focus on developing a context-relevant curriculum. A major determinant in any nursing education curriculum is the context in which the curriculum is developed and offered. This context is the professional, societal, health care, and educational situations to which the curriculum must respond, and is what makes each school’s curriculum unique. Curriculum Development in Nursing Education helps nurse educators create a program of study that will meet the contextual needs of their individual setting. What’s New: Expanded focus on developing a context-relevant curriculum Expanded sections on educational technologies, distributed learning, and curriculum evaluation. New chapters on preparing for external program review, building a curriculum, and evaluation of a curriculum. Key Features Description of the element of the curriculum development process. Discussions about faculty development activities to support that aspect of curriculum development. Case studies that target the specific concepts and processes addressed Other synthesis activities that will enable the reader to apply the process to their own contexts. About The Author Carroll Iwasiw, RN, MScN, EdD-School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada Dr. Carroll Iwasiw is the former director of the University Of Western Ontario School Of Nursing and oversaw the introduction of a university-college collaborative BScN program. She led the development of a nursing management curriculum in Russia in 1995-1998 and the first BScN curriculum in Rwanda in 2005-09. Dr. Iwasiw has chaired the Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing and is chair of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Accreditation Bureau. She is a recipient of a teaching excellence award from the Ontario Council of University Faculty Associations and has been named a World Expert in Nursing Education by the World Health Organization. Mary-Anne Andrusyszyn, RN, MScN, EdD-School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada Dr. Andrusyszyn is currently the Director of the Arthur Labatt School of Nursing. She has served on the Board of Accreditation of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing, the Nursing Education Advisory Council for the province of Manitoba, and the Ministerial Council on Nursing Education in Manitoba. She was a former Chair of the Brandon University School of Nursing and Health Studies in Manitoba. Dr. Andrusyszyn coordinated an international development program for nurses from Botswana and conducted faculty development workshops across the country related to facilitating on line learning as well as curriculum renewal. Dolly Goldenberg, PhD, RN, MA, MscN - School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Dr. Dolly Goldenberg is the former Chair of Graduate Programs in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. She is the author and co-author of numerous peer-reviewed articles on nursing education, curriculum, evaluation, and nursing administration, as well as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed nursing journals. Currently, she is a co-founding editor of the on-line International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. Dr. Goldenberg has served as a mentor and co-investigator for graduate nursing students with their research, and participated in assessments of nursing faculty applicants for Research Grants to the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada. She was a co-investigator for the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities’ Articulation Study, which led to Ontario’s university-college collaborative baccalaureate nursing programs. Dr. Goldenberg received the Excellence in Nursing Education Award from Iota Omicron Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau for her achievements in teaching, curriculum development, and evaluation. She has been active in nursing program evaluation, and consults about program development, revision, as well as accreditation. Table of Contents Part I: Introduction to Curriculum Development in Nursing Education: The Context-Relevant Curriculum Chapter 1: Introduction to Context-Relevant Curriculum Development in Nursing Education Part II: Supports for Curriculum Development Chapter 2: Faculty Support for Curriculum Development Chapter 3: Leading Curriculum Development Chapter 4: Organizing Curriculum Development Chapter 5: Faculty Development for Curriculum Development and Change Part III: Development of a Context-Relevant Curriculum Chapter 6: Data-Gathering for a Context-Relevant Curriculum Chapter 7: From Contextual Data to Curriculum Nucleus Chapter 8: Developing Philosophical Approaches and Formulating Curriculum Outcomes Chapter 9: Curriculum Design Chapter 10: Course Design Part IV: Curriculum Implementation and Evaluation Chapter 11: Planning Curriculum Implementation Chapter 12:Planning Curriculum Evaluation Part V: Flexible Delivery of Nursing Education Curricula Chapter 13: Flexible Delivery of Nursing Education Curricula Part VI: Future Perspectives Chapter 14: The Future of Curriculum Development in Nursing Education