Teaching in Nursing : A Guide for Faculty

by Billings, Diane M.

• ISBN13: 9781416040842
• ISBN10: 1416040846
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-24
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

This complete faculty guide covers the four major components of the educator role teaching, curriculum, information technology, and evaluation of students and programs with comprehensive, contemporary guidelines to help you develop the educator competencies needed to ensure your success in todays complex health care and academic environments. This respected title is also one of the National League for Nursings recommended resources for nurses preparing to take the Certified Nurse Educator examination. Nationally recognized contributing authors share their expertise to bring you the best and most comprehensive information available. Presents innovative models of clinical teaching that show you how to effectively teach in an interdisciplinary setting, how to evaluate students in the clinical setting, and how to adapt your teaching for community-based practice.li> Strategies to promote critical thinking and active learning, including evaluation techniques, lesson planning, and constructing examinations, help you ensure students can apply and synthesize nursing content to make clinical decisions.li> Web links with numerous resources related to each chapter topic, available through the Evolve website, provide even more learning opportunities. Managing the Learning Environment chapter addresses classroom management and control, motivating and engaging students, and handling disruptive or problem students. Multicultural Education chapter provides strategies for effectively teaching and communicating with a culturally diverse student population. An entire chapter on simulations presents the development, implementation, and evaluation of simulations so you can successfully integrate this teaching method into your course. Reflecting on the Evidence feature at the end of each chapter provides questions that are perfect for classroom and online discussion.

Table of Contents

Faculty and Students	p. 1
Teaching in Nursing: The Faculty Role	p. 3
The Diverse Learning Needs of Students	p. 18
The Academic Performance of Students: Legal and Ethical Issues	p. 33
Teaching Students with Disabilities	p. 53
Curriculum	p. 73
Curriculum Development: An Overview	p. 75
Forces and Issues Influencing Curriculum Development	p. 92
Philosophical Foundations of the Curriculum	p. 105
Curriculum Designs	p. 119
Developing Curriculum: Frameworks, Outcomes, and Competencies	p. 137
Selecting Learning Experiences to Achieve Curriculum Outcomes	p. 154
Service Learning: Developing Values and Social Responsibility	p. 173
Teaching and Learning	p. 187
From Teaching to Learning: Theoretical Foundations	p. 189
Managing the Learning Environment: Proactively Responding to Student Misconduct	p. 227
Strategies to Promote Critical Thinking and Active Learning	p. 238
Improving Teaching and Learning: Classroom Assessment Techniques	p. 262
Multicultural Education in Nursing	p. 268
Teaching in the Clinical Setting	p. 283
Teaching, Learning, and Information Resources	p. 301
The Learning Resource Center	p. 303
Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Simulations in Nursing Education	p. 322
Using Media, Multimedia, and Technology-Rich Learning Environments	p. 335
Teaching and Learning at a Distance	p. 351
Teaching and Learning in Online Learning Communities	p. 369
Evaluation	p. 389
The Evaluation Process: An Overview	p. 391
Strategies for Assessing/Evaluating Learning Outcomes	p. 409
Developing and Using Classroom Tests	p. 429
Clinical Performance Evaluation	p. 449
Educational Program Evaluation	p. 467
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