Patricia Benner, MSN, R.N. Ph.D., FAAN. John Benner, Ph.D.C., University of Washington One of the ‘taken for granted’, hidden assumptions about teaching and learning in most of academia, including nursing education, is guided by a disproven Cartesian view of how the mind works, based upon Descartes (1644; 1993; Dreyfus and Taylor, 2015; Taylor, 2016; Robbins …
Patricia Benner, MSN, R.N. Ph.D., FAAN. One of the ‘taken for granted’, hidden assumptions about teaching and learning in most of academia, including nursing education, is guided by a disproven Cartesian view of how the mind works, based upon Descartes (1644; 1993; Dreyfus and Taylor, 2015; Taylor, 2016; Damasio, 2005). This mistaken assumption is that …
Innovative Teaching Approaches to Help Students become Practice-Ready Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN John Benner, Doct. Cand. University of Washington, Seattle. Amid an acute nursing shortage, new nurses enter practice with limited experience, creating patient safety problems, high cost of orienting, high stress and dropout rates for new graduates. The problem is highlighted in research. …
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by Patricia Benner, copyright 1-30-2015 In honor and appreciation for my Mentor in Nursing Education, Dr. Rheba De Tornay, and with encouragement and examples from Dr. Sarah Shannon at University of Washington, I am introducing the Pedagogical Strategy of “Discussion Triggers”, a provocative, often dramatic introduction to a topic for discussion, inquiry, and problem-solving. As …
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This collection of videos are great examples of “discussion triggers” which can be used in large classrooms and smaller seminar discussions. We seek to illustrate the pedagogy of planned dialogical conversation that is engaged and connected, that can follow these thought-provoking videos with some advanced coaching from the Teacher. Faculty can find other discussion triggers …
We are featuring video selections on EducatingNurses.com by leaders who are noted nurse educators that are drawn from their presentations on the three professional apprenticeships. We begin with Dr. Sarah Shannon, on the subject of ethics in nursing education. She talks about the difference between professional ethics and bioethics, engaging students, and helping them …