Teaching for Ethical Comportment, Moral Imagination and Formation
Integrating Classroom and Clinical Teaching by Using Unfolding Case Studies
Teaching for a Sense of Salience and Situated Coaching
Co-Author Perspectives
] The co-authors present key insights from their immersion in the Carnegie Study. Dr. Victoria Leonard is a Family Health Nurse Practitioner and is a noted researcher and consultant in family health care, infant and early childhood caregiving. At the time of the study, Dr. Leonard was teaching nursing at The University of San …
The Pedagogical Art of Asking Questions and Astute Listening
One of the oldest pedagogies is that of dialogue and questioning to prompt thinking and extending understanding of different sorts; I have the Socratic Dialogues in mind. Dr. Lee Shulman, former President of Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching speaks of “The Socratic Monologue” from his research on medical education. He describes a physician …
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The Role of a Faculty Community in Designing a Transformative Curriculum
There are many pejorative terms to describe the conflicts, arguments and difficulties getting faculty “on the same page” or “going in the same direction.” Many call developing orchestrated activity on the part of diverse, creative, autonomy oriented, critical thinking faculty members like “herding cats.” But that is pejorative, only if you are not a cat …
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Designing a Transformative Curriculum in Nursing Education
by: Patricia Benner Many schools of nursing are embarked upon transforming their nursing curriculum in response to the Carnegie National Study of Nursing Education, the IOM/Robert Woods Johnson Futures Report, the Lancet Report, The Essentials of Baccalaureate Nursing Education, and the QSEN Report on Quality and Safety Education for Nurses. These external demands are met …
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Teaching Our Students to Use Multiple Frames of Reference for Clinical Situations
Why authentic, unfolding case studies are essential in the education of a nurse -Patricia Benner (copyright, 2011) Educational research supports the effectiveness of teaching students multiple ways of thinking, including clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and creative thinking. Clinical Reasoning is a form of practical reasoning, i.e., reasoning across time about the particular through changes in …
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Designing Patient Focused Simulations
Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN Learning a practice discipline is ideal for both simulation and direct experiential learning from practice. But the design of the simulations must be practice-domain specific and pedagogically sound for teaching good practice. Teaching nursing practice requires: -Experiential learning in high stakes environments -Expertise Depends on Relational Skills and Clinical Imagination …
Taking Up the Practice: Nursing Education in Norway
Dialogue with Dr. Kristin Heggen, Professor of Nursing and Deputy Dean of Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo and Consultant on the Norwegian Translation of Educating Nurses, A Call for Radical Transformation. This full article is only available to our members but please enjoy our preview below. Patricia Benner: We have had some of …
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