. Narges Keshtiaray; . Kourosh Fathi Vajargah; . Craig Zimitat; . Ahmad Ali Foroughi
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2012, , Pages 1-7
Abstract
Introduction: This study addresses the design and validation of the experiential curriculummodel for medical education using a Feministic approach. Method: The present study wasconducted ...
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Introduction: This study addresses the design and validation of the experiential curriculummodel for medical education using a Feministic approach. Method: The present study wasconducted on two non separable planes. On the first plan, the model was designed based onthe Feministic approach using the theoretical study method and emphasizing the perspectives ascribed to Nell Noddings, Madeline Grumet and Janette Miller. Results: The levels ofthis model include Expected Curriculum, Imaginal Curriculum, Concealed curriculum, Interactive curriculum (Manifest Curriculum, Latent Curriculum, Look the parenting), TransferentialCurriculum and Self Determination. On the second plane, to validate the combined model, aphenomenologically qualitative study was conducted. In this study, using goal-oriented sampling, undergraduate and graduate (Master’s degree) students majoring in Dentistry, Nursingat Islamic Azad University Khorasgan Branch, Esfahan as well as those at at Esfahan Universityof Medical Sciences were selected. Deep interview was used to collect data. The findings wereanalyzed using Van Manen’s six-stage model. To determine the reliability of the findings, reliability of reality reconstruction were used. Conclusion: The results obtained suggested that:Education is in need of some conceptual reconstruction. On this way, women’s perceptionsand experience of education and of the interior epistemological and curricular system whichshape the discourse and performance of education must be addressed. Serving as a researchmodel offering the various planes of the experiential curriculum and focusing more sharply onthe dimensions of curriculum than the formal plane, the present study is recommended to thedecision-makers of higher education curricular system.
