Teaching strategies for nursing students
TOTAL THREE SLIDES AND REFERENES
Clearly & comprehensively discuss three teaching strategies an educator could use
with that particular group of learners.(nursing students)
Three teaching strategies with rational-for each strategy as to why it would be
effective.
The selected population is nursing students,
Use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed resources less than 5 years old in
addition to course materials
Introduction
Unprecedented and rapid changes
Teacher-centered> student-centered approach;
Critical thinking
Life-long learning
Creative problem-solving
Learning
Actively learning students;
More than listening
Highly developed cognitive skills
discussion, writing, and reading
Exploring values and attitudes
Lectures
Most widely used and oldest method
Reaches many students
Covering a large material amount quickly
Cost-effectiveness (Vacek, 2009).
Using class time efficiently
Introducing new material
Continuing a topic discussion
Present huge blocks of confusing and complex
information
Summing up course content
Questioning Strategies
Develops problem solving, decision making,
and critical thinking skills
A component of active learning
Learning how to apply knowledge
High questioning level
Stimulating questions (Su & Juestel, 2010).
Self-evaluation
Self-directed learning
Students can;
Assess their performance; asset in the work and
clinical environment (Valiga, 2009).
Accurately identify weaknesses and strengths
Become more independent
References
Su, W. M., & Juestel, M. J. (2010). Direct
Teaching Of Thinking Skills Using Clinical
Simulation. Nurse Educator, 35(5): 197-
204.
Vacek, J. E. (2009). Using a Conceptual
Approach With Concept Mapping To
Promote Critical Thinking. Journal of
Nursing Education, 48(1), 45- 48.
Valiga, T. (2009). Promoting And Assessing
Critical Thinking. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson Education.