Consideration of Diverse Aspects of a Core-curriculum
10.3777/jjsam.56.182
- VernacularTitle:コア・カリキュラムの諸相に関する考察
- Author:
Masataka KAWAI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
curriculum;
core-curriculum;
liberal education;
education of acupuncture and moxibustion
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2006;56(2):182-189
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Recently, education for persons providing medical treatment has changed greatly due to remarkable progress in various life science fields. Regarding education for persons providing acupuncture and moxibustion, acquisition of modern medical knowledge related to social needs as well as acupuncture and moxibustion medical science is appropriate for practitioners of acupuncture and moxibustion who are able to develop their abilities by receiving such background training.
Therefore, radical plans to check the educational contents and unify the curriculum are being developed, focusing on the core curriculum in order to achieve curriculum reform. This paper discusses the issues underlying such curriculum reform plans. The core-curriculum in medical education is a so-called minimum requirement. However, a liberal education supports that curriculum and provides an important knowledge base. There is also an education ideology that is important to that goal. In other words, education ideology can be considered as the core in curriculum.
