The document outlines the objectives and processes of curriculum planning and design, emphasizing assessment, input-output definitions, and planning steps necessary for effective teaching and learning. It also reviews the nursing curriculum guidelines set by the Pakistan Nursing Council and Higher Education Commission, focusing on the evolution of nursing education and the need for competent healthcare professionals. Evaluation of curriculum effectiveness and adaptation to contemporary needs are key themes discussed throughout.

1. Curriculum planning and Designing
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2. Objectives
At the end of this presentation the learner will be
able to…..
Understand How to Assess the curriculum
Define input, through put and out put of
curriculum design
Plan a curriculum
Evaluate/critique curriculum
Review PNC/HEC nursing curriculum guidelines
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3. Introduction of curriculum planning
and designing
• “The curriculum planning of a school is the
formal and informal content and process by
which learners gain knowledge and
understanding, develop skills, and alter attitudes,
appreciations, and values under he auspices of
that school ”
(Doll, 2005:15)
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4. Cont…
• Typically these experiences will include
attendance at lectures and classes, work in small
groups, private study, preparing work for
assessment and so on.
• Curriculum design includes consideration of
aims, intended learning outcomes, syllabus,
learning and teaching methods, and assessment.
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5. How to assess the curriculum
• Assessment of student learning has always been a
powerful influence on how and what teachers
teach and is thus an important source of feedback
on the appropriateness implementation of
curriculum content.
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7. Define input, through put and out put of
curriculum design.
• Input:
The local goals and shapes it into a plan for how to
conduct effective teaching and learning. It is thus
more than a list of topics and lists of key facts and
skills (the “input”).
• Out put:
It is a map of how to achieve the “outputs” of desired
student performance,
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8. in which appropriate learning activities and
assessments are suggested to make it more likely that
students achieve the desired results.
Wiggins and
McTighe (2006, 6)
Input = the linguistic content of a course
• Process = how teaching is carried out
• Output = learning outcomes
Input Output
Process
Cont…
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9. Planning curriculum
• Planning - structuring the learning environment
coordinating personnel ,material and equipment.
Six steps follow in the planning curriculum
1. Define the objective of the curriculum.
• the main objective might be to provide specific
skills or knowledge necessary for completion of a
degree.
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10. Cont…
2.Choose an appropriate title.
• Depending on the learning objective, titling the
curriculum may be a straightforward process or
one that requires greater thought.
3.Create a scope and sequence
• This is an outline of key skills and information
that
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11. Cont…
students need to achieve the main curriculum
objective For a bachelor's degree curriculum, the
scope and sequence might be a list of courses that a
student must complete.
4.Determine the teaching approach. Depending
on the topic and objective, information might best
be conveyed in a lecture format.
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12. Cont…
5.Build in an assessment component.
Determining how to assess the knowledge of
learners is dependent on the main curriculum
objective
6.Establish a system of curriculum evaluation.
When preparing learners for exams, gathering
statistics of passing rates is helpful for gauging
overall effectiveness.
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13. Evaluate/critique curriculum
• The term “evaluation” generally applies to the
process of making a value judgment.
• Curriculum evaluation aims to examine the impact of
implemented curriculum on student (learning)
achievement so that the official curriculum can be
revised if necessary and to review teaching and
learning processes in the classroom.
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14. Cont….
• Specific strengths and weaknesses of a
curriculum and its implementation;
• Critical information for strategic changes and
policy decisions;
• Inputs needed for improved learning and
teaching;
• Indicators for monitoring.
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15. Review PNC/HEC
Nursing curriculum guidelines
• Nursing curriculum History
• Pakistan Nursing Council is a regulatory body
established in 1948 where only one Nurse is
working as Registrar with 8 supportive staffs.
Recently one Assistant Registrar has been
appointed. Computerized registration system is
functional with assistance of CIDA funded
project since 1996. The information obtained was
to be utilized for the development of policy and
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16. Cont…
Currently, nursing education in Pakistan is focused
on the general nursing diploma program, the post
basic clinical specialization program, a few BScN
and one MScN programs.
Guidelines :
• Nursing education progress rapidly and change
policies according to time and technology.
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17. Cont…
• Maintaining a database of Registered Nurses,
Midwives and LHVs.
• Develop and implement uniform mechanism in
education and services at national level.
• Prohibit employment of unregistered nurses,
Midwives and LHVs
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18. Cont…
• Penalize fraudulently registered nurses,
Midwives and LHVs
• Work closely with the provincial Nursing
Examination Boards to conduct examination and
prescribe courses for Nurses, LHVs and
Midwifes’ trainings and education.
• Cancellation of registration on account of mal
practices
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19. HEC Guidelines
According to HEC curriculum of a subject
contribute to the enhancement of the nursing
profession:
• To prepare competent, committed,
knowledgeable nurse clinicians (hospital and
community settings)
• To educate nurses with appropriate knowledge,
skills and attitudes with clinical competency.
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20. Cont…
• To produce nurses who will integrate evidence-
based science into clinical practice for the care of
individual, families and communities
• To produce nurses who can provide preventive,
promotive, curative and rehabilitative health care
to populations in rural and urban settings.
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21. Cont…
• To enable nurses to meet the future challenges,
including changes in technology, which confronts
health care in 21st century
• To develop human resources for as teaching
faculty for existing nursing programs, as
currently there is a deficiency in numbers of
faculty members
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22. References
• Wally,M.Guyot,(2000) Center for teaching and
learning:standford university, California..
(volume54.). Upper Saddle River, New
Jersey.
• Doll, R. C. (2005). Curriculum Improvement:
Decision making and process. Boston
• March, J. K., Peters, K. H. (2002). Curriculum
Development and Instructional Design in the
Effective Schools Process.
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24. Any Questions :
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