Course Plan Note

COURSE PLANNING
INTRODUCTION
Nursing educational programme is a combination of various courses like medical
surgical nursing, mental health nursing ete. These courses are placed in an intertwined
manner inorder to attain the objectives of the educational programme.
COURSE
A course is a combination of various but interrelated units.

It serves as a guide for the teacher as well as for the students in creating the
atmosphere conducive for worthwhile learning and purposeful activities.
LEVELS OF COURSE PLAN

A t the level of the course itself - organizing both content and learning experiences
within the course.

Planning in relation to the total programme placement of the course n the
programme and its relationship to other courses.
PRINCIPLES OF COURSE PLANNING

1. State the objectives in behavioural terms.
2. Establish a sequence. e.g. In teaching bed making Plan teaching of simple open
bed first, admission bed next, post operative bed, fracture beds, renal beds, etc.
3. The teacher should keep in mind
What should the students learn from the course?
What should be the sequence
oftopics/units?
How much time is to be allotted?
4. Ensure logical and psychological continuity
5. Organize the course in a student centered manner.
6. Principle of integration.
7. give adequate weightage to the core curriculum content.
8. Unity curriculum: merging of closely related subjects to form a particular course
in order to avoid repetition and overlapping
9. Select leaming approach that is acceptable to all teachers.
10. Flexibility in selecting teaching learning method.
11. Provide variety in modes of leaming
PRINCIPLES FOR SELECTING THE COURSE CONTENT
.Content should contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the particular

nursing educational programme.
. It should be appropriate to the level of that group of students to whom it is to be
taught.
Content should have community orientation.
I t must be sensitive to the changing health needs as well as aspirations of the
students.
I t should be experience based.
Content should have transcultural perspective.
. I t should provide functional relationship with allied disciplines or professions.

. I t must be wide and comprehensive.
.It should provide for continuous learning.

Content should contribute to the personal and professional development ofthe
students.
CONTENT OF COURSE PLAN

Course description.
Behavioural objectives.
Placement of the course by specifying the levels of the learners. For eg. Placement
of anatomy is stated as first year leading to Bsc Nursing degrees.
Explain the time allotted. If clinical experience is needed, specify the time meant
for theory and practical experience.
I n case of courses associated with field experience like community health nursing,
details of field experience.
Organize the content into unit wise or lesson plan wise.
Details of the resource materials and teaching learning methods to be followed.
Details of learning activities of students.
Details of formative and summative evaluation, ratio between internal assessment
and university examination.
Referencesfor teachers and students.
PROCESS OF ORGANIZING LEARNING EXPERIENCE
The staff must discuss and agree on the general scheme of organization of the
course.
Agreement should be made regarding the general principles of organization i.e.

continuity, sequence and integration.
The basic unit should be included.
.Flexible plans should be developed which can be handled by each teacher.
.The plan should be used for particular activities for a particular course.
TEACHERS ROLE IN COURSE PLANNING

1. The extent, to which a teacher will plan courses individually, will vary from
institution to institution.
2. The general objectives, general areas of subject matter, evaluation measures for
each course will be determined at the institutional or faculty or instructional level.
These all will depend on
Teachers own self-appraisal
Attitude towards their students teaching and learning.
Knowledge and skills relatcd to the area ofteaching.
3. Composition of learners group
4. Teacher's insight and skill sound ideas and understandings known conditions.
At the instructional level, teachers will plan

1. Basis for planning
2. Units of work.
3. Select materials and learning activities.
4. Set up working groups.
5. Armnge the teaching learning environment.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Basvanthappa BT. Nursing education.jaypee publications. Ist edition 2003;194-
96.
2. Sankaranarayan B,Sindhu B.Learning and teaching nursing.Brainfill

publications.3rd edition 2009;81-83.
3. Neeraja KP. Textbook of nursing education.jaypee publications.6th edition
2008;182-84
4. Hedgerken LE. Teaching and leaming in schools of nursing: principles and
methods.Konark publications.3rd edition 2004;219-341.

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COURSE PLANNING

A course is a combination of various but interrelated units.

LEVELS OF COURSE PLAN

within the course.

programme and its relationship to other courses.

PRINCIPLES OF COURSE PLANNING

PRINCIPLES FOR SELECTING THE COURSE CONTENT

.Content should contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the particular

I t should be experience based.

Content should have transcultural perspective.

. I t should provide functional relationship with allied disciplines or professions.

.It should provide for continuous learning.

CONTENT OF COURSE PLAN

PROCESS OF ORGANIZING LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Agreement should be made regarding the general principles of organization i.e.

TEACHERS ROLE IN COURSE PLANNING

At the instructional level, teachers will plan

2. Sankaranarayan B,Sindhu B.Learning and teaching nursing.Brainfill

methods.Konark publications.3rd edition 2004;219-341.

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