Writing Learning Plan to Accomplish Curriculum Goals of the Bachelor of Nursing Science Program

Abstract

According to the National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education B.E.2552 (2009) of the Education Ministry, all graduates of any curriculums are required to obtain at least five domains of learning outcomes, namely: 1) ethical and moral development; 2) knowledge; 3) cognitive skills; 4) interpersonal skills and responsibility; and 5) mathematical analytical thinking, communication and information technology skills. For the Nursing Science Program which is the practical skills-based program, the learning outcome of psychomotor domain is also added. All nursing contents in the curriculum are transmitted to nursing students through various forms of teaching and learning programs which are
appropriate for each subject in both practical and theoretical terms. With aims to achieve all six learning outcomes, it is necessary for drawing a learning plan which could be compared to drawing a map showing directions to reach the target.

The learning plan consists of 9 elements including: 1) main points or summarized topics; 2) learning objectives; 3) learning evidence; 4) behavioral
objectives; 5) course description or learning essence;6) teaching and learning activities;7) learning media; 8) measurement and evaluation; and 9) post-learning records. The plan is used as a tool which would be effective only when it is applied properly to manage the teaching and learning activities in order to accomplish the curriculum goals and lead nursing graduates to achieve all those six domains of learning outcomes. Nursing graduates would be eventually equipped with abilities to spend their own life on the right path and perform their duties for their own sake and the society in accordance with the actual learning objectives.