The diversity of both students and faculty poses important considerations for teaching and learning. Reflect on the characteristic differences in gender, race, and culture, as well as the differences among the diverse generations in today’s nursing education classroom. When considering your personal philosophy of teaching, discuss how you might use these characteristic differences and diverse backgrounds and experiences of today’s nursing students as a teaching tool to connect students to nursing content and increase their understanding. In other words, how might you incorporate the background and experiences of your students into your teaching methods to enhance the ability of all students in your classroom to think critically and problem solve patient-care issues?
Sources: Any, at least one
Course TextBooks:
1. Teaching in Nursing: A Guid for Faculty
Author: Diane M. Billings and Judith A. Halstead
Publisher: Elsevier
Edition: 5th (2016)
2. Clinical Teaching Strategies in Nursing
Author: Kathleen B. Gaberson, Marilyn H. Oermann, and Teresa Shellenbarger
Publisher: Springer
Edition: 4th (2014)
About The Course:
This course is designed to provide an opportunity to explore the role of educator in both academic and clinical settings as advanced practice nurses. Understanding how people learn and the various theories about learning is fundamental to being able to develop solid educational plans. Faculty roles are changing to meet the needs of learners in a world experiencing explosive technological advances. The educator role now synthesizes a broader range of scholarship, which emphasizes discovery, integration, application, and the scholarship of Teaching. A variety of both traditional and innovative Teaching and evaluation methodologies will be explored as well as appraising the four major components of the educator role: Teaching, curriculum, information technology, and evaluation of students and programs.
Course Learning Outcomes:
Discuss the faculty role and responsibilities in nursing education.
State your philosophy of teaching and learning.
Examine the major determinants of learning.
Compare the instructional paradigm with the learning paradigm.
Analyze the concepts of pedagogy and andragogy for their similarities and differences.
Analyze the characteristics of the learner in today’s educational programs.
Evaluate current trends in nursing classroom and clinical education, discussing advantages and disadvantages of each.
Assess legal and ethical issues related to academic performance, and issues related to students with disabilities.
Assess the environments for clinical teaching and learning, and roles and responsibilities of clinical teachers.
Develop a plan for creating a safe learning environment in the classroom and in the clinical setting.
Create a class for a group of diverse learners.
Examine the use of technology and various forms of media in nursing classes
Evaluate classroom and clinical assessment methods, noting the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Compare program evaluation methods used to assess student learning outcomes in classroom and clinical instruction
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