Perceptions of curriculum innovation among educators in South African dental schools - an explorative study
Year: 2009
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Curriculum changes that have occurred in most South African dental schools have been influenced by several factors such as organizational outlook (the dental school as a learning organization), legislative frameworks that have had an influence on higher education in South Africa and epistemological interpretations of these changes by educators within dental schools.Very little is known about how medical and dental educators experience curricular change or innovations that in effect may contest their established pedagogical views.set.It was coded, edited and checked using the procedures provided by the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) in order to work out the various calculations relevant to the study.The SAS FREQ procedure was used to calculate the descriptive statistics needed.The study indicated that the teacher-centred paradigm is still predominant, even though the educators claimed to be using some aspects of modern pedagogic practice.One socio-demographic variable that had a significant influence (p<0,05) on community orientation was the age of the educator.Another variable that had a significant influence on evidence-based health sciences education was number of years in academic dentistry.
Author: Tshepo Gugushe
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1229345240