Discussion Guidelines and Grading Rubric
OVERVIEW OF PHILOSOPHY
As earlier indicated, it is important for an educator to have a personal philosophy. Therefore, I have a personal philosophy regarding nursing education. My core beliefs regarding the purpose of nursing education is that a nursing education should an all-round education which does not only focus on the cognitive aspects but also the social and emotional aspects to help equip the nurses with the right skills in the rapidly changing nurse practice landscape. In addition, an appropriate nurse education should focus on emerging technology to help impart educational content appropriately. My core beliefs regarding the role of a nurse educator is that a nurse educator should focus more on helping the students learn care concepts and practice by focusing on the learners strengths to help bring out the best in them.
In addition, I also believe that a learner has to possess particular characteristics to effectively learn in this current age. A learner should be proactive and take part in knowledge creation as opposed to sitting back and only consuming knowledge. In addition, they should be able participate more in learner directed activities and embrace the use of technology to enhance learning. My core beliefs regarding the variables that influence teaching and learning is teacher-student relationship. Such a relationship should be more of a collaborative, with the teacher using skills and expertise to professionally guide the student into new learning using relevant strategies
APPLICATION OF EDUCATION THEORY
Educational theories are key to effective teaching and learning as they provide instructors or teachers with appropriate framework to base their teaching methods and strategies depending on the patient characteristics and the setting. Therefore, the chosen education theory is constructivism theory. According to this theory, learners take active roles in constructing knowledge as opposed to passively taking information. As such, as the learners come into contact with new learning and world experiences, they reflect upon them and build their own representations and integrate new information into their pre-existing knowledge. This theory aligns with the already described philosophy. For example, as part of the description given in the personal philosophy part, learners should actively take part in knowledge creation and not just sit back and be knowledge consumers. This is in sync with the constructivism theory that learners take active roles in knowledge construction.
SELECTED TEACHING METHODS
Teaching strategies ensure that the intended content is delivered to the students as intended. Therefore, it is important for an educators such as nurse educators to select the most appropriate teaching methods based on the nature of the students and the teaching and learning philosophy. Therefore, one of the chosen teaching methods is flipped teaching method. This is a teaching method where the instructor focuses on the active learning during the class time but offers the students the presentations or lecture material before the class. This allows the students to interact with the materials and perform additional research outside the class before attending the real class. This teaching method is consistent with my teaching philosophy since it engages students and triggers them to search for more information on their own, hence they are more actively involved in the learning process. This teaching strategy is also consistent with the educational theory as it provokes students to take an active role in knowledge construction. Flipped learning will help foster learning in the practice setting as the students will be able to take an active role in their professional development.
Another teaching strategy to be used is the teach-back method. This is a method which is used to confirm if the students have understood the content taught. In most cases, the students are required to practically show the competency achieved and explain using their own words. This strategy also aligns with my teaching philosophy since it encourages students to be actively involved in the learning process. The teach-back method also consistent with the educational theory as it ensures that the students take active roles in learning by demonstrating what they have learned. It will help foster learning by ensuring that the students can perform various tasks as has been taught in class. The next teaching strategy to be used is concept mapping. Concept mapping is a teachings strategy that engages students to know the relationship between facts. As such, students have to arrange knowledge in a way that allows them to have a deeper understanding of how various facts are related. It is also consistent with the philosophy and educational theory as it pro
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