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[Nursing curriculum: where to start and restart]
Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem
|January 1, 1996
Summary
Nursing professors perceive guiding curriculum concepts with a mix of humanistic, social, and traditional viewpoints. This indicates no single predominant philosophy shapes the nursing degree curriculum in São Paulo.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Curriculum Development
- Pedagogical Philosophy
Context:
- Educational practices are rooted in philosophical and pedagogical assumptions.
- Curriculum reflects a school's worldview and faculty perspectives.
- Understanding faculty perceptions is key to curriculum analysis.
Purpose:
- To investigate nursing professors' perceptions of guiding concepts within their degree curriculum.
- To analyze these perceptions against established pedagogical frameworks.
- To identify dominant or prevalent philosophical underpinnings in nursing education.
Summary:
- 36 nursing professors from 9 São Paulo nursing schools participated.
- The Semantics Differential technique was used to gather data.
- Analysis considered traditional, cognitive, behaviorist, self-realization, and social reconstruction concepts.
Impact:
- Results show a preference for humanistic and social perspectives, alongside traditional ones.
- No single guiding conception was found to be predominant in the nursing curriculum.
- Findings suggest a complex and multifaceted approach to nursing curriculum philosophy.