Curriculum In Bangladesh Research Articles

Obtaining consensus on the design of community based learning in obstetrics and gynaecology

The National curriculum for Obstetrics and Gynaecology (OBGYN) in Bangladesh does not reflect preventive, promotive and curative aspects for rural women.The aim of this study is to obtain a consensus on components of the community-based learning (CBL) programme in OBGYN for undergraduate medical students. A survey was conducted based on a modified Delphi technique, among 31 thana (sub-District) doctors and 29 medical teachers.The opinions of these respondents were further investigated by seeking the views of expert senior teachers of OBGYN in a special workshop.All the participants felt that this CBL programme would help medical students to serve the rural community. The results of this study can be used to plan a CBL programme for the undergraduate medical curriculum in Bangladesh.

Summative Assessment (Written) in Undergraduate Physiology Curriculum in Bangladesh: Reflection of Educational Objective

Background: A new curriculum for undergraduate medical education has been introduced for all universities in Bangladesh since 2002. It is expected that this new curriculum will improve the qualitative level of medical education. According to this curriculum the assessment system for the students has also been modified. This new scheme gives more emphasis on certain evaluation procedures in written examination to be customized. For example, short essay questions (SEQ) are preferred to long descriptive and short answer questions (SAQ). Questions should be specific answer oriented and targeted towards assessing the level of cognitive domain of the examinees. Objective: The present retrospective analysis was done to observe the qualitative status in the written assessment procedure in Undergraduate Physiology after the implementation of the new curriculum by comparing the setting of the different question types under new curriculum with that of the old curriculum. This study was done also to identify the areas that warrant modification. Methods: This study analyzed all new and old curriculum based written questions of the assessment examinations (except MCQ) for undergraduate Physiology course from 2001 to 2006, under 4 different universities in Bangladesh. In total 63 question papers on physiology were included for evaluation. Data were statistically analyzed by proportion test using SPSS software. Results: The analysis indicates that there are significant improvement in type of questions (SEQ, SAQ and combined) and language (specific vs. non specific) field. However improvement in all the fields of medical education was statistically insignificant. Conclusion: Therefore, it may be concluded that the question setting procedure of the written examination according to the modern assessment technique has partially fulfilled  doi: 10.3329/jbsp.v3i0.1800  J Bangladesh Soc Physiol.2008 Dec;(3):61-65

Use of Songs, Rhymes and Games in Teaching English to Young Learners in Bangladesh

Although children learn a language faster than adults, they do not learn through traditional language teaching methods. Through fun activities children can learn a language better as learning becomes natural for them since these activities do not make them conscious that they are learning a language. In Bangladesh, since a proper learning atmosphere has not been ensured in children's English classes according to children's interest and psychological characteristics, benefit is yet to come from the compulsory English education at the primary level. In order to appeal to young learners' learning styles, songs, rhymes and games can be very effective tools for teaching children a foreign language. These tools can be used in children's classes to utilize their natural ability to learn a language. This paper introduces the benefits of some interesting tools in teaching children English and also suggests incorporating them at the primary level English curriculum in Bangladesh. Keywords: young learners, second language, teaching techniques, songs, rhymes, games, primary education.DOI: 10.3329/dujl.v2i3.4150 The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics: Vol.2 No.3 February, 2009 Page: 161-172