Curriculum Development Paper
Curriculum development paper
Jasdeep Mahngar
University of Phoenix
Developing and evaluating educational needs
NUR/588
Karen Burger
December 03, 2011
Curriculum development paper This paper develops a lesson plan for an education program. The education program focused for particular target audience-teenage mothers. According to McGrew, Shore (1991) teenage pregnancy is one of the most difficult issues for the teenagers, their families, and the community. The teenage parents are not ready for parenthood, and they drop off school to get a low paying job and never complete their education. Most of them are dependent on their parents for financial support making their parents stressed emotionally. The education program developed in this paper covers postpartum care, including educational needs and rational, learner outcomes for the lesson, learning objectives, learner characteristics, learner theory, content outline, evaluation methods, instructional materials, and resources and instructional methods. It identifies instructional materials used for teaching. Identification of the educational need and rational Although the rate of pregnancy in the United States has been declining, it remains highest in developed world. According to Guttmacher Institute, (2011), 13% teens have vaginal sex by age 15 and each year almost 750,000 women aged 15-19 become pregnant and two thirds of teen pregnancies occur among 18-19 years of age. The Guttmacher Institute (2011) also says that 59% of pregnancies among 15-19 years olds in 2006 ended in birth and 27% in abortion. With these high statistics in mind it is very important to provide proper education in this field. They need to be taught proper practices in all aspects of pregnancy and birth, and to realize the dangers of abortion. After taking the above information in account, it becomes apparent to one that although the learning needs of this target group are high, there is not always the
Jasdeep Mahngar
University of Phoenix
Developing and evaluating educational needs
NUR/588
Karen Burger
December 03, 2011
Curriculum development paper This paper develops a lesson plan for an education program. The education program focused for particular target audience-teenage mothers. According to McGrew, Shore (1991) teenage pregnancy is one of the most difficult issues for the teenagers, their families, and the community. The teenage parents are not ready for parenthood, and they drop off school to get a low paying job and never complete their education. Most of them are dependent on their parents for financial support making their parents stressed emotionally. The education program developed in this paper covers postpartum care, including educational needs and rational, learner outcomes for the lesson, learning objectives, learner characteristics, learner theory, content outline, evaluation methods, instructional materials, and resources and instructional methods. It identifies instructional materials used for teaching. Identification of the educational need and rational Although the rate of pregnancy in the United States has been declining, it remains highest in developed world. According to Guttmacher Institute, (2011), 13% teens have vaginal sex by age 15 and each year almost 750,000 women aged 15-19 become pregnant and two thirds of teen pregnancies occur among 18-19 years of age. The Guttmacher Institute (2011) also says that 59% of pregnancies among 15-19 years olds in 2006 ended in birth and 27% in abortion. With these high statistics in mind it is very important to provide proper education in this field. They need to be taught proper practices in all aspects of pregnancy and birth, and to realize the dangers of abortion. After taking the above information in account, it becomes apparent to one that although the learning needs of this target group are high, there is not always the
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