This document discusses course planning and unit planning for nursing programs. It defines course planning as organizing the content and learning experiences for a program leading to graduation. Unit planning involves dividing subject matter into large subdivisions. The key aspects of course and unit planning include: 1. Stating objectives and selecting appropriate content and resources 2. Organizing content and learning experiences in a logical sequence 3. Evaluating student learning through various assessment methods The purpose is to ensure students learn essential information and skills through well-structured and coordinated programs and units. Teachers play an important role in effective planning at both the course and unit levels.

1. COURSE PLAN AND UNIT PLAN
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1st year M.sc. Nursing

2. Definition of course plan
• A course may be defined as complete series of
studies leading to graduation or a degree in case of
B.SC Nursing course requiring completion of several
short courses.

3. Purpose of course planning
 To ensure autonomy.
 It gives stability.
 It helps to solve the problem.
 It supports the curriculum process.
 It secures future progress.
 It brings about improvements.
 It promotes utilization of resources.

4. Level of course plan
 Pertains to organizing the both the content and
learning experiences within a unit or a subject.
 Deals with designing the pattern for the entire
program at the program level.

5. Principles
 State the objectives in behavioral terms.
 Establish sequence in order of succession, the
content materials has to be organized.
 The teacher should keep in mind
 What should the students learn from the course?
 What should be the sequence of topics/units?
 How much time is to be alloted?
 Provide cumulative learning by reinforcement.

6. Conti…
 Select an approach that is acceptable to all teachers.
 Provide variety in modes of learning.
Unity curriculum
 To reduce unmanageable bulk of specialized subjects
and bring some unity into atomized specialization.
 It also reduces the unit to manageable size and serves
as a Centre of organization.

7. Structure of course plan
In planning course ,two kinds of planning are
involved:
 Identifying the kinds of elements and which specific
learning has to be organized.
 The selection of be specific organizing centers which
learners entire development be focused.

8. Elements of course plan
 Objectives –State the objectives or outcomes to be
achieved through the given course.
 Specifications for level of learner and placement
within the curriculum.
 Resources material needed for the course.
 Mention the placement of the course within the
curriculum.

9. Conti…..
 Organize the content.
 Describe the resource materials and method of
teaching.
 Prepare the plan of learning activities for students.
 Mention place, length of experience, experience
record/ cumulative record , observations, procedures,
plan for Rotation with field experiences, supervised
and guided practice.
 Evaluation measures.
 Bibliography.

10. Process of organizing learning
experience
 The staff concerned for teaching the course and
administrator of the program will discuss and agree
on the general scheme of organization of the course
and its smooth implementation.
 Agreement.
 The basic units should be include.
 Flexible plans should be developed which can be
handled by each teacher.
 The plan should be used for particular activities in a
particular course.

11. Teachers role in course planning
 Teachers plan unit of work.
 He / She should select materials and learning
activities according to the level of students.
 He/ She should plan carefully.
 He / She should avoid gaps and non- projective
repetition in subject matter content.
 He/ She should provide enforcement of previous
learning.

12. Conti….
 He/ She has to set up working groups.
 He/ She should formulate the objectives prior to the
planning.
 He/ She should possess knowledge adequately.
 He/ She should have skills related to the area that
they are teaching.

13. Conti…
 The teachers plan should focuses on general
objectives of the course, the unit plan, and the class
plan.
 He/ She should be efficient in preparing course plan.
 He/ She should be accountable every steps of
planning.
 He/ She should plan equally to all the students.

14. At the instructional level ,teachers plan
 Basis for planning.
 Units of work.
 Select materials and learning activities.
 Arrange the teaching – learning environment. All the
above are to move the students towards goals.

18. UNIT PLAN

19. Definition of unit plan
• Unit may be defined as a large subdivision of the
subject matter.
• Planning the unit is known as unit planning.

20. Characteristic of unit plan
1. Effectively in terms of whole rather than fraction
2. Developmental & therefore provide for vertical &
horizontal organization of learning experience
3. Effective when is an understanding and acceptance
of goal to be achieved & there is full and free
participation in planning for the attainment of those
goals.
4. Necessity for providing for individual
differences in rates of learning & interests

21. Conti….
5. Unit planning recognizes that true learning renders
the learners increasingly skill in self- directions.
6. Unit planning provides sound basis for evaluation.

22. Types of unit planning
1. Subject matter units
a) Topical unit
b) The generalization unit
c) The unit based on significant aspect of environment
or culture.
2. Experience unit
a) Unit based on center of interest
b) Unit based on student purpose
c) Unit based on student need

23. Unit planning in nursing course
 Since there is wide applicability of all type of unit
plans in nursing courses, the term “teaching-learning
unit” has been used to describe unit planning in
nursing course.
 The term ‘teaching-learning unit’ embodies the new
concept of unified learning experiences involving
comprehensive problems or projects which are
important to the student in nursing.

24. The essential activities of unit planning
1. Selection & statement of objectives
2. Selection of type of unit to be used
3. Selection of learning situations
4. Selection of knowledge component
5. Selection of the organizing centers-learning &
teaching activities
6. Selection of methods of evaluation