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Practical considerations of a flexible course in a nonflexible curriculum
Author(s) -
Fuller JL,
Denehy GE
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.1975.39.9.tb00904.x
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , curriculum , course (navigation) , context (archaeology) , quality (philosophy) , medical education , computer science , mathematics education , psychology , pedagogy , engineering , medicine , mathematics , statistics , epistemology , biology , aerospace engineering , paleontology , philosophy
In the context in which this course was conducted, i.e., flexibility within an otherwise rigid curriculum, and no deadlines, several conclusions can be drawn: 1. Students used considerably more time than when the course was traditionally structured. 2. Quality of performance in the preclinical laboratory was significantly better. 3. Students took longer to complete the laboratory requirements than didactic requirements. 4. Some reasonable deadlines are necessary. 5. Student and instructor attitudes favored flexibility.