title: A conceptual framework for curriculum development.
abstract: A conceptual framework provides boundaries within which facts, concepts, theories, and propositions from three theoretical sources interact with clarity, coherence, and consistency. From the framework objectives are derived. The framework gives direction to the curriculum design. Finally, the conceptual framework serves as a background against which objectives can be tested. A conceptual framework for curriculum encourages systematic curriculum evaluation that will eventually allow us to more accurately describe, explain, predict, and control the work of curriculum.
mesh_terms: D003210:Concept Formation; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing