- Title
- The challenges of curriculum design in a large enabling pre-nursing open access course
- Creator
- Relf, Bronwyn; Burgess, Catherine
- Relation
- Challenges & Innovation FABENZ Conference 2014. Challenges & Innovation FABENZ Conference 2014: Publication of refereed papers (Tauranga, New Zealand 04-05 December, 2014)
- Relation
- http://www.eenz.com/fabenz14/fabenz14_proceedings.htm
- Publisher
- Foundation and Bridging Educators New Zealand (FABENZ)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- At the University of Newcastle (UoN), an increasing proportion of mature aged students completing an enabling program are choosing to study undergraduate nursing. Results of previous research indicated that the academic outcomes of these students in first year undergraduate nursing were lower compared to students who had no prior enabling education. These findings were used to inform the design of a new science course to address the specific learning needs of mature aged students. Student feedback from the inaugural 2013 course offering indicated that whilst some elements of the course were meeting student needs, there were aspects of the course that presented unexpected challenges. As a result, the course was re-designed for its second offering in 2014. Contrary to the traditional constructivist approach used for traditional teaching in the sciences, the chemistry and the mathematical concepts were embedded within the course.
- Subject
- curriculum design; enabling programs; nursing education; mature age students
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1296325
- Identifier
- uon:19247
- Language
- eng
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