Manuela Reekie, Nicole de Bosch Kemper, Sheila Epp, Jacqueline Denison, Melanie Willson, Lisa Moralejo
At one mid-sized research-intensive university in Western Canada, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program recently underwent significant curriculum revisions (Epp et al., 2021). A constructivist approach was adopted to create opportunities for students to align knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) with prior learning to build a deeper understanding (Vygotsky, 1978). In congruence with constructivist theory, faculty developed several learning pathways as curriculum planning tools to strategically sequence student learning outcomes, facilitate student achievement of program learning outcomes, and improve curriculum integrity...
2023: Journal of Professional Nursing: Official Journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing