When we think of John Dewey and curriculum, The Child and the Curriculum may immediately come to mind—and justifiably for this work, although published in 1902, remains a centerpiece in Dewey's thinking about curriculum. Of course, there are other notable works related to his view of curriculum: some published around the time of The Child and the Curriculum (e.g., The Educational Situation, 190...

PURPOSE Radiation oncology curriculum development is challenging because of limited numbers of trainees at any single institution. The goal of this project is to implement and evaluate a standardized medical student clerkship curriculum following the multi-institutional cooperative group research model. METHODS During the 2013 academic year, a standardized curriculum was implemented at 11 aca...

BACKGROUND In 2007, our healthcare system established a clinical fellowship program in Pathology Informatics. In 2010 a core didactic course was implemented to supplement the fellowship research and operational rotations. In 2011, the course was enhanced by a formal, structured core curriculum and reading list. We present and discuss our rationale and development process for the Core Curriculum...

Quality improvement (QI) is an essential component of medical practice. Medical students and residents must learn the skills to conduct clinical QI during their educational programs. Medical educators must create and implement a curriculum in QI to empower their students to develop this skill and knowledge. However, developing and implementing a QI curriculum may be challenging for some residen...

Objectives The aim of this research was to examine the reasons for the need to change and bring about integration in the dental curriculum in Iran and worldwide. Methods The qualitative method was used in this research. The real experiences of some reliable universities over the world and in Iran were studied on the necessity to change the dental curriculum and the integrated curriculum throug...

introduction: this study was carried out to analyze the viewpoint of dentistry residents about the curriculum presented in the residency program to students of mashhad school of dentistry. methods: in this cross-sectional descriptive study , to evaluate the perspectives of dentistry residents about the curriculum and regulations of residency program, a questionnaire was designed whose validity ...

after a relatively long period of centralization and with the beginning of decentralization experiences since 1970s, the periodical orientations and trends of governments towards both centralization and decentralization systems appeared. stemming generally from political and economic domains, decentralization entered curriculum and education system from these domains. problems such as deficienc...

OBJECTIVES Curriculum reform poses significant challenges for medical schools across the globe. Understanding the medical educator's personal and lived experience of curriculum change is paramount. This paper illustrates the use of narrative inquiry as a means of exploring the author's own evolving professional identity as a medical educator engaged in planning and leading curriculum reform and...

Higher education ought to support the identification of training needs for industrial building information modelling (BIM) curriculum development and sustainability education in the fields of civil engineering and management (CEM). This paper proposes a framework based on a four-phase step-by-step quality function deployment (QFD) application for CEM curriculum planning and quality management. ...

erTigkertelIa Bruce W. The Student -Centered Curriculum: A Concept in Curriculum Innovation. Rutgers. The State Univ., New Brunswick. N.J. Graduate School of Education. Spans Agency-Office of Education (DHEW). Washington. D.C. Bureau of Research. Report No !mid -R -2 Bureau No-BR -8.0334 Pub Date Mar 69 Grant -OM -0.9 -080334 -3736 Note -21p. FORS Price MF -5025 HC-S1.15 Descriptors *Behavioral...