Research Article

Evaluation of the Curriculum on Child Nutrition in the Child Development Program According to Metfessel-Michael Program Evaluation Model

Authors: Hilal Hatice Ülkü - Ümit Gözel

This study aims to evaluate the curriculum of the "Child Nutrition" course, which is one of the mandatory courses of the Associate Degree Child Development Program of a university in the Aegean region, according to the Metfessel-Michael program evaluation model. This course has a curriculum and course information content. Data were collected through stakeholder views, observations and document analysis for the course within the framework of the single case pattern, which is one of the case study types based on the qualitative research approach. Semistructured interview forms, and observation forms were used as data collection tools. The data obtained with the data collection tools were analyzed and evaluated within the framework of descriptive analysis. The participant group of the study consists of 11 students, 2 instructors, and 2 administrators. In the study, the data were handled within the framework of the purpose of students coming to the program, the current status of the program, the content and necessity of the program-course, the suitability of the course to business life, the contribution of the course to the professional development of the students, the business life after graduation, educational status, learning-teaching process, assessment, evaluation, and instructor qualifications. As a result, it has been revealed that the course and course objectives have an important place in the program, there are difficulties in the learning-teaching process, the course and course objectives are mostly tried to be conveyed by direct narration method, and measurement and evaluation are done only with exams.

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