Authors
1 Faculty Member, Department of Occupational Health, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.
2 Ph.D, Candidate in Health Services Management, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Abstract
Lesson plan is one of the key factors in teaching – learning process. In fact, lesson plan is the main fundamental of education and the central to the teaching. Hence, a content analysis of the lesson plans was conducted by faculty members of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences (NKUMS). In this cross - sectional study, 72 lesson plans developed by NKUMS faculty members at the second semester in 2011-2012 were analyzed, and the data were collected by the researcher-made checklist included 12 effective items of lesson plan; afterwards, data were analyzed through descriptive test using SPSS software, version 16. Among three schools studied, health school’ lesson plans (81%) were more favorable situation. In total, general information defined (98%) and goals defined gained the highest scores among the components evaluated, whereas Scheduling classes based on curriculum (35%) and writing in format of lesson plan approved (44%) gained the lowest score. Based on the research findings, the quality of content and writing lesson plans presented by NKUMS faculty members was acceptable. As we observed weaknesses and defects, therefore, it can be recommended that the Education Development Center (EDC) prioritize the developing and implementation of the purposeful planning about evaluating of lesson plans annually.
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