<p> One way to mitigate health disparities in the provision of nursing care and impact social justice with vulnerable populations is the development of cultural competence. Although addressed in nursing curricula, gaps in how to best address cultural competence remain. A study was undertaken to determine whether participation in a researcher-designed intervention, entitled Transcultural Humility Simulation development, based on components of Campinha-Bacote&rsquo;s model with an emphasis on &ldquo;becoming&rdquo; culturally competent, improved cultural competence in graduating baccalaureate nursing students. A longitudinal, descriptive, quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest comparison group design using embedded mixed methods was used. A total of 57 student participants from one baccalaureate nursing school in the western US were randomly assigned to the intervention group (<i>n</i> = 22) or the comparison group (<i>n</i> = 35). All participants completed the Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence-Student Version before and after the intervention. Intervention participants also completed three written reflection exercises the day of the workshop. A subgroup of participants in the intervention group (<i>n</i> = 12) and the comparison group (<i>n</i> = 8) were interviewed two to three months after graduation. No statistically significant differences were obtained between groups while treating the pretest as a covariate. Participants who identified as more than one race on the demographic survey perceived they were more culturally competent than those who identified as one race, <i>F</i> ratio of <i> F</i>(10, 3) = 15.13, <i>p</i> = .02. Analysis of participant reflections during the intervention indicated they anticipated incorporating cultural competence into their practice by <b>shattering preconceived perceptions, constructing innovative insights, improving effective communication,</b> and <b>emerging personal development.</b> Once in practice, they incorporated cultural competence through <b>cultivating nursing-person relationships, providing quality nursing care, serving the patient and family, establishing extraordinary communication</b> and <b>approaching care with humility. </b> This study suggests that bringing attention to cultural competence through participation in Transcultural Humility Simulation Development could raise awareness and foster developmental growth among student participants through transformative learning, epistemic belief change, and double-loop learning.</p>

<p> The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the experiences of nursing faculty members who taught in associate degree nursing programs and how they implemented the hidden curriculum. The hidden curriculum is referred to as the subtle messages relayed to students either verbally or nonverbally. In higher education, it is understood that the hidden curriculum is used to socialize students into professional roles, but, the process of how to socialize individuals varies. The sample consisted of 12 nursing faculty members who taught in associate degree programs in the Pacific region of the United States. Research on the hidden curriculum in nursing education has focused on the student&rsquo;s perspective. Upon reviewing the literature, a gap existed in regards to the experiences of nursing faculty with the hidden curriculum. Information was gathered through semistructured interviews to learn how these faculty members implemented the hidden curriculum. Data analysis revealed four reoccurring themes on how nursing educators implement the hidden curriculum in their practice. The first two themes uncovered how nursing faculty members described themselves as mentors and role models to their students to help students become successful in school and later in the workforce. Another theme revealed how nursing faculty members saw themselves as experts who could demonstrate skills and explain procedures. Lastly, nursing faculty members saw themselves as implementing the hidden curriculum by being advocates who could help students troubleshoot problems, as well as assisting them to navigate the nursing program. After interviewing the nursing faculty members, it became apparent that they used the hidden curriculum to provide a pathway for success for their students. The findings also highlight the need for the hidden curriculum to be included in faculty professional development workshops and seminars, and perhaps, the need to bring the hidden curriculum out from hiding.</p><p>

Summary of Thesis Title: Investigation of the Related Factors of School Based Curriculum Development in Elementary and Junior High Schools in Kaohsiung Summary The purposes of this research are to investigate the related factors of school based curriculum development and its present condition of practice in elementary and junior high school in Kaohsiung, analyze how different background variables vary in different levels in SBCD, and predict the effect of practice this curriculum. In order to achieve these goals, according to the investigation and analysis of documents and practical experience, I edit a poll to investigate the related factors of SBCD. I sample 35 public schools and 549 teachers in Kaohsiung as subjects of investigation. Research methods include description and statistic, t- test, one-way analysis variance, step-wise multiple regression analysis. Then I start to undergo statistic and analysis and get the following conclusions and suggestions. Conclusion: I. At present, teachers in elementary and junior high schools put much emphasis on SBCD and it develops quite well. II. Teachers in elementary and junior high schools approve the six standards for SBCD: achieve educational goals, correspond with school expectations, harmony with community conditions, demonstrate school traits, foster teacher¡¦s, professional develment, adapt to student¡¦s needs. III. Male teachers, teachers of special education and teachers graduating from junior colleges emphasize the factors of SBCD and they carry it out better. IV. In schools founded more than 40 years, teachers serving school affairs concurrently put more emphasis on how ¡¨the structure and atmosphere of organizations¡¨, ¡§resources¡¨, ¡§curriculum leadership¡¨ and ¡§curricular management¡¨ effect the practice of SBCD than teachers in charge of a class or a certain subject. V. Teachers in schools founded more than 10 years but less than 20 years lack professional independence. Profession independence and curriculum leadership are not good for teachers in schools of large size. VI. The better the related factors of SBCD, the better SBCD will develop. VII. In the prediction about how the factors of people, curricular cases and organization affect SBCD, ¡§organization¡¨ is the most predictive. Suggestions: I. Suggestions for organizations in charge of education 1. Actively publicize the successful factors of SBCD. Strengthen teachers¡¦ ability to develop this curriculum. 2. Set up centers of curricular guidance and teaching resources. Support the curriculum leadership in every school. 3. Invite outstanding people who perform well in culture to participate in this curriculum. 4. Provide cases earmarked for special efforts with fund to enhance the effect of carrying out SBCD. 5. The size of schools is moderate from containing 26 to 47 classes. If the size is too large or too small, it is disadvantageous to carry out SBCD. 6. Rebuild the manpower of organization. Provide organizations with chances of learning and interaction and create harmonious culture. 7. Only emphasis of the distribution of time can exercise its functions to the utmost. II. Suggestions for schools and teachers¡¨ 1. Cultivate excellent campus culture to create democratic and harmonious organization atmosphere. 2. Provide appropriate and sufficient time and resources to enhance the effect of carrying out this curriculum. 3 .The future direction is to carry out the evaluation of curriculum. So we have to establish teachers¡¦ professional status and carry out the evaluation of effect of SBCD. 4. Make good use of teachers who have taught more than 25 years to set SBCD into action. 5. Encourage female teachers to take part in programs of further education. 6. Strengthen the concern and guidance of curriculum leadership in schools founded more than 10 years but less than 20 years. III. Suggestions for related research in the future 1. Expand the range of research 2. Expand the subjects of research 3. Combine various research methods Key words: curriculum development, school based curriculum development, the effect of school based curriculum development, teachers¡¦ profession development, the evaluation of school based curriculum development

<p> The purpose of this exploratory case study is to identify, develop, and posit an aesthetically responsive curriculum theory as a praxis approach for preparing K-8 pre-service teachers in aesthetic literacy throughout their teacher education program. I explore two approaches in the literature that have thus far consisted of the (1) practitioner and (2) theorist models of arts-integration. In this study, these two approaches are fused together as a praxis to posit a solution to the problem of the arts being removed from the curriculum in times of budget cuts. From my analysis of the survey data from pre-service K-8 teachers (n = 37 in 2012; n = 34 in 2014) and my analysis of a broad selection of the literature in curriculum theory, aesthetics, and teacher education, I developed what I call archeophisomorphic (ArchPM) theory for a praxis model of arts-integration for social studies in particular. I designed an ArchPM-based curriculum product in the form of an illustrated book as an example to begin implementing a new aesthetic literacy through the integration of the arts into social studies and language literacy. Through this theory-driven practice of aesthetic literacy development, teacher educators may foster exploration of aesthetics as an applied philosophical inquiry in which its application is in the form of curriculum products for teaching aesthetic literacy.</p>

<p> This dissertation seeks to address the facilitation of difficult knowledges in the classroom. I employ constructs of poststructural feminism to critique rationalist-only frameworks that limit the forms of knowledge that "count" in the construction of knowledge. In response to these critiques, this dissertation constructs an alternative pedagogical framework from a psychoanalytic and poststructural feminist lens that emphasizes the bordered landscapes of the un/conscious. This approach is named Intimate Transgressive Pedagogy (ITP). Additionally, this dissertation introduces an empirical study that explored one semester of classroom teaching using Intimate Transgressive Pedagogy. Student and teacher experiences are analyzed through the theoretical concepts of ITP with a further discussion of the implications of the pedagogical concepts and empirical findings for multicultural teacher education.</p>

Because education is a moral endeavour, the aims of education must deliberately reflect this effort and help students develop the values and sensibilities toward this end. This thesis has arisen out of my desire to explore what teachers and educators can do to develop and integrate a curriculum that is informed by ethical consciousness: a mindfulness for human dignity, aesthetic beauty, and appreciation for the natural environment, and a spirit of respect for all living things. Using my own background to set the site for reflective discourse, I have attempted to invite educators to explore what is currently being applied as aspects of moral education; critically reassess their own practices; and re-orient their thinking so that curriculum can become more connective, engaging, inspirited, and ethically conscious. / Graduate

Thesis (Ph.D.(Education))-University of Pretoria, 2008. / Abstract in English. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

<p> To prepare students to disentangle the complicated environmental, social, and economic challenges exacerbated by the previous generation and propose effective solutions, they need to be taught the necessary knowledge and skills. Education for Sustainability (EfS) is one such modality. Organizations such as the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, Shelburne Farms, and the US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development have opened the doors for EfS in the K-12 education system; however, curriculum to address these standards has not yet fully been developed. Furthermore, EfS curriculum that aligns to state and national standards needs to be written so that teachers can then use it in their courses and cultivate systems thinking skills in all learners. The primary objective of this project is to propose a high school level biology curriculum that uses an EfS lens to enhance core science content. A comparison of five EfS curricular frameworks was conducted and the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education&rsquo;s EfS Standards &amp; Performance Indicators was selected as the primary reference for the sustainability lens of the forthcoming curriculum. The proposed high school biology curriculum focuses on two Next Generation Science Standards themes: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems and Natural Selection and Evolution. This curriculum integrates many EfS themes. The dynamics of systems and change and inventing and affecting the future are the two most prominently explored EfS themes in the curriculum. </p>

INTRODUCTION: Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and melanoma is the fifth most common kind of cancer. The incidence of melanoma has been increasing over the past thirty years. This type of cancer can be detected using a visual skin examination. Survival is related to the thinness and stage at the time of diagnosis. Clinicians find thinner, earlier stage melanomas compared to those found by patients and significant others. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: The average American visits their primary care provider twice annually and skin conditions are the number one reason Americans younger than sixty-five visit their primary care physician. However, the majority of residents in the United States are not comfortable with performing the full body skin examination required to screen for melanoma. Medical schools in the United States spend one percent of the curriculum on dermatologic conditions. In fact, the United States Preventative Services Task Force does not support regular skin cancer screening by primary care providers since there is limited evidence that primary care physicians perform adequate skin examinations. METHODS: This curriculum is aimed at teaching internal medicine and family medicine interns and primary care physician assistants and nurse practitioners the full body skin cancer screening examination as well as the ability to differentiate between benign and malignant skin lesions. A pre- and post-course examination of benign versus malignant lesions will be distributed and the scores will be analyzed using a paired T-test. A pre- and post-course Likert scale will be dispersed to evaluate how clinical practice changes based on this course. Mean and standard deviation for the overall Likert scale as well as individual parts of the scale will be calculated and a paired T-test will be used to analyze how the course changed clinical practice of the clinicians. Additionally, standardized patients will be provided for the participants to practice the full body skin examination. CONCLUSION: This study is unique in that it is teaching primary care medical interns as well as physician assistants and nurse practitioners the full body skin examination. Limitations include a small sample size, voluntary participation in the setting of a busy work schedule, and pushback from clinicians since performing full body skin exams are not recommended at this time.

<p> The public education system in the U.S. has been under assault with the latest neoliberal education reforms. Those reforms are characterized by their antidemocratic and homogenizing assessment system, which reinforces a banking model of education. Such model goes against teachers and teaching, linguistic and cultural diversity and bilingual education. In order to countervail this reality, this research urged pre-service teachers in a <i>Foundations of Bilingual Education/ ESL</i> college coursework to engage in a problem-posing and emancipatory pedagogy. The main purpose was for them to nurture and enhance political clarity and political agency in issues of bilingual and ESL education. Students not only engaged in dismantling hegemonic discourses in bilingual and ESL education in the U.S., but also went through an epistemological break when the teacher-researcher invited students to become co-researchers in order to co-construct the curriculum and pedagogical realities. Readings, journals, personal narratives, dialogue and theater of the oppressed became the vehicles for engagement. The transformative process of the teacher-researcher and co-researchers occurred when they deliberately transitioned from a pedagogy that promotes passive citizens to a pedagogy that promotes collective emancipation. The research paradigm that aligned with those experiences was Participatory Action Research (PAR). Central to PAR is radical participatory democracy. Through self-collective development and reliance, participants transform themselves and find alternatives to defeat injustices. Pre-service and in-service teachers and teacher education can benefit from the following results: (1) <i> the transformative effect of a dialogic research (2) the lessons the teacher-researcher learned (3) how theater of the oppressed could have been central to the vivencia, instead it was supplementary and still the door for infinite possibilities (4) the viability of PAR as a vivencia embedded in undergraduate education major and (5) the extraordinary case of Sofia's (co-researcher) ongoing advocacy. </i></p><p>