Curriculum Development and Evaluation in Nursing, Second Edition - Sarah Keating MPH, EdD, RN The second edition of the current leading nursing text in curriculum development and evaluation continues to serve nurse educators in academic settings as well as in the practice arena. It is a practical guide for developing, revising, and evaluating nursing curricula and educational programs, complete with case studies and details on conducting a needs assessment to determine the extent of revision necessary within current curricula. This text focuses on evidence-based practice, safety and quality assurance concepts, and the role of creative and critical-thinking aspects. Key features: This revised edition further examines several major objectives of the text, including major milestones for the past 100 years in the American nursing education system, program review and accreditation processes, and evaluating current trends in nursing education and their role in curriculum development.
Institute - Concepts Used by Paulo Freire Praxis (Action/Reflection) It is not enough for people to come together in dialogue in order to gain knowledge of their social reality. They must act together upon their environment in order critically to reflect upon their reality and so transform it through further action and critical reflection. Generative Themes According to Paulo Freire, an epoch “is characterized by a complex of ideas, concepts, hopes, doubts, values and challenges in dialectical interaction with their opposites striving towards their fulfilment”. Easter Experience Paulo Freire says that “those who authentically commit themselves to the people must re-examine themselves constantly. Dialogue To enter into dialogue presupposes equality amongst participants. Conscientization The process of developing a critical awareness of one’s social reality through reflection and action. Codification This is a way of gathering information in order to build up a picture (codify) around real situations and real people.
Learning styles and teaching Learning styles and teaching Submitted by admin on 8 September, 2010 - 10:52 Your students will be more successful if you match your teaching style to their learning styles. What is a learning style? What is a learning style? Where do learning styles come from? Why should teachers know about learning styles? Students learn better and more quickly if the teaching methods used match their preferred learning styles. What types of learning styles are there? The four modalities (originates from the work of Dr's Bandler, R. and Grinder, J. in the Field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Students may prefer a visual (seeing), auditory (hearing), kinaesthetic (moving) or tactile (touching) way of learning. Field-independent vs. What teaching methods and activities suit different learning styles? The Four Modalities Visual Use many visuals in the classroom. Cheron Verster, teacher trainer and materials developer, South Africa Printer-friendly version
Operant Conditioning The theory of B.F. Skinner is based upon the idea that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. Changes in behavior are the result of an individual's response to events (stimuli) that occur in the environment. Reinforcement is the key element in Skinner's S-R theory. One of the distinctive aspects of Skinner's theory is that it attempted to provide behavioral explanations for a broad range of cognitive phenomena. Application Operant conditioning has been widely applied in clinical settings (i.e., behavior modification) as well as teaching (i.e., classroom management) and instructional development (e.g., programmed instruction). Example By way of example, consider the implications of reinforcement theory as applied to the development of programmed instruction (Markle, 1969; Skinner, 1968) 1. 2. 3. 4. Principles References Markle, S. (1969). Related Websites
Kolb's Learning Styles and Experiential Learning Cycle by Saul McLeod published 2010, updated 2013 David Kolb published his learning styles model in 1984 from which he developed his learning style inventory. Kolb's experiential learning theory works on two levels: a four stage cycle of learning and four separate learning styles. Much of Kolb’s theory is concerned with the learner’s internal cognitive processes. Kolb states that learning involves the acquisition of abstract concepts that can be applied flexibly in a range of situations. “Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience” (Kolb, 1984, p. 38). The Experiential Learning Cycle Kolb's experiential learning style theory is typically represented by a four stage learning cycle in which the learner 'touches all the bases': 1. 2. 3. 4. Kolb (1974) views learning as an integrated process with each stage being mutually supportive of and feeding into the next. Learning Styles Learning Styles Descriptions Diverging (feeling and watching - CE/RO)
ITL Research Introduction to learning styles Summary This article was inspired by the recent discussion on the ILT Champions? Discussion Group. It contains information on some of the well known views relating to learning styles and includes comments from practitioners. What are Learning Styles and do they matter? People have preferences about how they like to learn which is called their learning style. David Kolb: Experiential Learning David Kolb is one of the leading researchers in learning strategies and learning processes. The first stage is concrete experience where a student has active experience of learning something first hand. Source: Kolb, D. (1984) Experiential learning : experience as the source of learning and development. Honey and Mumford? Peter Honey and Alan Mumford have identified four main learning style preferences. Activist Reflector Theorist Pragmatist Activists: Activists like to be involved in new experiences and are enthusiastic about new ideas. Activists learn best when: Activists learn less when: Reflectors:
Back-to-School Guide for Beginning Teachers Welcome to Education World's Back-to-School Guide for Beginning Teachers. Not-so-new teachers will also find classroom-friendly materials to expand their teaching files in this compilation of online resources from Education World writer Joan Luddy. Included: Resources for getting your feet on the ground, lesson planning tips, assessment ideas, time and behavior management resources, classroom freebies, technology information, humor and more. Education World has surfed deep into the Web to pull together this Back-to-School Guide for Beginning Teachers -- a virtual survival guide for educators about to begin their first year in the classroom or for classroom veterans who are always looking for fresh ideas. Before you go any further, have you visited Education World's Back to School theme page? Scroll through the Back-to-School Guide for Beginning Teachers list of great resources below, or click on one of the section heads in the list that follows to find the specific resources you need:
Space Ship – a Cooperative Group Activity About the Author Michael Doig is a science teacher, web developer, and avid traveler who lives in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in Zoology and from Pace University with a Masters of Science in Teaching. He currently teaches Earth Science in a New York public high school. Group activities that truly engage students are hard to come by. Space ship takes a look at rebuilding human civilization. Students are taken on a thought provoking journey to a time when the Earth will be destroyed. Procedure Typically I begin by describing the end of the world (PowerPoint Slide 02), emphasizing that no one left on Earth will survive.Next I give the story about the spaceship and show them the PowerPoint images of the each of the potential passengersI then pass out the worksheet and have students on their own chose seven people they think should go.Then students discuss their choices with their group. Things To Keep In Mind Materials Post a Comment