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Education Curricula (education + curriculum)
Selected AbstractsQueering Art Teacher EducationINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ART & DESIGN EDUCATION, Issue 1 2007Kimberly Cosier This article sounds a call to action and addresses the challenges of creating inclusive, queer-affrming art teacher education curricula. We examine such challenges through case study vignettes of our varied US university settings and explore the perils of teaching in an increasingly queer-hostile culture. Strategies are given for avoiding attacks against LGBT-supportive pedagogy and championing the cause of social justice for queer students, parents, artists, teachers and faculty. [source] Undergraduate nursing students' perceptions of substance use and misuse: a Brazilian positionJOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC & MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, Issue 1 2006G. H. RASSOOL frsh msc ba rn rcnt rnt cert ed cert couns cert supervision & consultation iltm Alcohol, cocaine and cannabis are the substances most commonly abused in Brazil. There is limited evidence on the perceptions of undergraduate nursing students towards substance misuse. Negative attitudes, in combination with the lack of appropriate knowledge and skills, may result in minimal care provided to substance misusers. The aims of the study are to examine the knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students towards substance misusers and consider the implications of these attitudes for nursing education. The Nurse Education in Alcohol and Drug Educational Faculty Survey (NEADA) questionnaire on knowledge and education, nursing interventions, attitudes and values was distributed to undergraduate nurses (n = 227) in the south and south-eastern part of Brazil. The findings showed that there is a lack of adequate education in drug and alcohol use and misuse, including competency skills, but the participants were positive about treatment interventions. A paradigm shift in nurse education curricula and further research studies on attitudes and values towards substance misuse should be on the educational agenda. These are challenges faced by nurses to meet the healthcare needs of substance misusers. [source] A Review of 21 Curricula for Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage ProgramsJOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, Issue 3 2005Kelly L. Wilson ABSTRACT: The authors reviewed the content, methods, and overall quality of 21 curricula used in abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. Only materials designed for use in middle school grades (fifth to eighth) or with middle school-aged audiences (9,13 years of age), which presented the abstinence message in at least 40% of their content, were included. A rating instrument adapted from 2 sets of education guidelines structured the assessment of each curriculum. Four experienced teachers rated each curriculum. Curricula exhibited considerable variability in overall quality ratings. While on average, materials scored a 3.33 on a 1-to-5 scale (1 = Unacceptable; 5 = Excellent), 12 curricula received summative scores above the average, with 4 scoring 4.0 or higher. Eight curricula, however, received a below-average rating. While abstinence materials vary considerably in terms of overall quality, the values and world views underlying this sample of curricula were clear and consistent: those who develop abstinence education curricula value nonsexual antecedents of sexual behavior such as skills (goal setting, decision making, and assertiveness), ideals (fidelity, friendships), and psychological factors such as self-esteem. [source] Elementary Students' Sleep Habits and Teacher Observations of Sleep-Related ProblemsJOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, Issue 2 2005Denise H. Amschler PhD Professor ABSTRACT: Sleep affects the health and well-being of children and plays a key role in preventing disease and injury, stability of mood, and ability to learn. Unfortunately, children often do not get adequate sleep on a regular basis. This study surveyed 199 fifth-grade students regarding their sleep habits using the Sleep Self-Report (SSR) instrument (child's form), the Morningness/Eveningness (M/E) Scale, and additional demographic questions. Students' teachers also were asked to evaluate their students' behavior using the Teacher's Daytime Sleepiness Questionnaire (TDSQ). Results indicated many students experienced problems with sleep-related behavior. However, correlating the TDSQ scale with the SSR Daytime Sleepiness Subscale produced a weak correlation coefficient, indicating teachers may not be able to accurately identify students with sleep problems. Overall findings indicated these students displayed sleep behavior similar to other US children. However, research involving children's sleep behavior is limited, and more research is needed. Parents should monitor their children's sleep times, and teachers need to be aware how sleep deprivation can affect children's mood, reaction time, and concentration. Health education curricula need to include sleep-related instruction at all grade levels to address this concern. [source] Comparing health care delivery systems , initiating a student exchange project between Europe and the United StatesMEDICAL EDUCATION, Issue 7 2001Elizabeth G Armstrong Background Cross-cultural contact among different health care systems can provide a framework for identifying the strengths and weaknesses of one's own healthcare system. However, such contact has rarely had much impact upon medical education curricula. Despite intense debate on reforming the healthcare delivery systems (HCDS) in Europe and the United States, there is very little formal representation of this interdisciplinary field in our educational programs. Description To address this problem, a medical student exchange program was conducted in which students developed case studies that produced comparative analyses of HCDS in Germany, Sweden, Denmark and the United States. Each case is intended to highlight critical differences among the systems. Evaluation Students and their faculty preceptors completed pre- and post-exchange questionnaires to assess perceived knowledge of the HCDS and the adequacy of time devoted to it in their curricula. Both perceived that too little attention was devoted to this content in their programs. Following the exchange, students described clear increases in perceived knowledge. Discussion Our common interest in curriculum reform was key to implementing the exchange. The written cases generated by the students are being developed as course material in some of the schools and a conference is planned to disseminate the cases and the implementation strategies for their inclusion in medical curricula. [source] Educating Physicians to Treat Erectile Dysfunction Patients: Development and Evaluation of a Course on Communication and Management StrategiesTHE JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE, Issue 1 2006Loukas Athanasiadis MD ABSTRACT Purpose., To describe the development and assess the outcome of a workshop on erectile dysfunction (ED) management based on participating physicians evaluations. Method., The study involved physicians who attended a workshop offered throughout the country, during a 3-year period. The workshop included tutorials, video-based dramatizations, and role-play sessions. A pilot study investigated the workshop's impact on physicians' attitudes toward patient-centeredness and sexual behavior issues; Patient,Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS) and Cross Cultural Attitude Scale (CCAS) were administered before and after the course. New knowledge acquisition, quality of presentation, and workshop's usefulness in their clinical practice were the dimensions used for workshop's evaluation. Analysis used quantitative and qualitative methods. Results., A total of 194 questionnaires were administered during the pilot study and the response rate was 53.6%. A shift in attitudes toward patient-centeredness and less judgmental attitude toward patients' sexual attitudes were revealed (total PPOS score and Sharing subscale: P < 0.05, CCAS: P < 0.001). Six hundred physicians were asked to evaluate the workshops and the response rate was 62.3%. The tutorial session for "medical treatment of ED" (P < 0.001) and the role-play on sexual history taking (P < 0.05) received higher evaluation scores. Qualitative analysis showed that the most frequently reported category referred to the appropriateness of role-play as a teaching and awareness-raising technique (31.25%); a need for changes in clinical practice and communication patterns was identified by 20% of the participants who stressed the necessity for multidisciplinary approach, as well as the adoption of a nonjudgmental attitude toward patients. Conclusion., Training courses on ED management, using a combination of tutorial and interactive sessions, constitute an effective way of providing knowledge, enhancing physicians' communication skills with ED patients, and influencing attitudes toward patient-centeredness in sexual issues. Such results strongly support the establishment of sexual medicine courses at continuing medical education curricula. Athanasiadis L, Papaharitou S, Salpiggidis G, Tsimtsiou Z, Nakopoulou E, Kirana P-S, Moisidis K, and Hatzichristou D. Educating physicians to treat erectile dysfunction patients: development and evaluation of a course on communication and management strategies. J Sex Med 2006;3:47,55. [source] Sex in Health Education: Official Guidance for Schools in England, 1928,1977JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY, Issue 2-3 2004Jane Pilcher The article begins with an account of the origins of sex education in schools, and of why, in the early twentieth century, its inclusion in the health education curriculum was problematical. In the main section, the article examines the content of consecutive editions of the government published "handbooks of health education", and of an important supplementary guidance pamphlet, published during the Second World War. It traces the gradual shifts over time in official discourses of "sex education", and in the sets of understandings about children, sexuality and the role of parents, for example, which underlay them. The shifts in official guidance discourses on sex within the health education curriculum of schools are explained through locating changes in their broader social and political contexts, especially the impact of the Second World War on sexual morality and the post-war emergence of youth as a significant social grouping. The article concludes by evaluating the handbooks as a source for the history of school-based health and sex education and by drawing attention to the wider historical and sociological significance of official discourses on sex education. [source] Cascadia Community College: Finding the "Cascadia way"NEW DIRECTIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, Issue 125 2004Victoria Muņoz Richart Few are challenged to create a general education curriculum for a new college, applying best practices while achieving articulation and accreditation of the program. [source] Librarians as agents of change: Working with curriculum committees using change agency theoryNEW DIRECTIONS FOR TEACHING & LEARNING, Issue 114 2008Tiffini A. Travis To sustain integration of information literacy into the university curriculum, librarians and faculty need to investigate theories of change. This chapter examines change agency theory as both a planning tool and an implementation process for integrating information literacy into the general education curriculum at CSULB. [source] Teaching Peace: Lessons from a Peace Studies Curriculum of the Progressive EraPEACE & CHANGE, Issue 1 2000Susan Zeiger The historical roots of peace education as a school reform movement can be traced to the progressive era in the United States. This essay offers a content analysis of the first comprehensive peace education curriculum, published in 1914 by the American School Peace League, under the direction of Fannie Fern Andrews. Examining the curriculum raises fundamental questions about the teacher's role in social change; it also reveals ideological tensions within the peace movement of the WorldWar I period. [source] | ||||||||||||||||