Curriculum issues related to the newly developed nursing diploma courses

This paper discusses the findings related to curriculum issues in the newly developed nursing diploma courses. The study, of which this aspect is a part, explored the emerging role of the nurse teacher within the new programmes in England. Data were collected by a Delphi Survey followed by in-depth interviews with a sample of the Delphi respondents. The findings from the interviews revealed that the six colleges involved had all adopted a process approach to the development of their new curricular. The educational philosophy and the curriculum approach in each college focused on the development of the individual and the adult theory of learning. A strategy for curriculum evaluation was found to be in the early stages of development for which no model or framework had been identified.