K Chandrasekharan Nair¹*, Pradeep Dathan², Bheemalingeswara Rao³ and Mohan Kumar T⁴

¹Professor Emeritus, Department of Prosthodontics, Sri Sankara Dental College, Akathumuri, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

*Corresponding Author: K Chandrasekharan Nair, Professor Emeritus, Department of Prosthodontics, Sri Sankara Dental College, Akathumuri, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

Received: December 27, 2021; Published: January 21, 2022

Abstract

Dental education has a profound history both in pre and post independent India. The evolution of dental education has been mainly based traditional practices which were followed in the west. Young teachers followed their teachers and their practices. Serious research has happened in the field of dental education and teachers have realized the importance of specifying the goals of dental education; to be precise the learning goals rather than the teaching goals. Without specifying the goals and precise objectives, the progress of dental education will be like a ship without rudder in the vast ocean.

Keywords: Educational Objectives; Institutional Objective; Departmental Objective; Specific Learning Objective; Cognitive Domain; Psychomotor Domain; Affective Domain

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Citation

Citation: K Chandrasekharan Nair., et al. “Role of objectives in Dental Education - A Review". Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 6.2 (2022): 88-94.

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