NUR 565 - Teaching Methods: Principles of Teaching

(Cr: 3)

This course provides foundational principles of teaching and learning essential for the nurse educator. Topics in this course include: learning styles inventory, critical thinking, strategies for lecturing to a large group of students, approaches to laboratory learning, and principles of clinical instruction. Included in this course will be discussions on alternative teaching methods such as distance learning, computer assisted learning, innovation to stimulate learning, new technologies in teaching and strategies to overcoming obstacles to learning. Test construction, methods to evaluate learning and course grading will also be discussed.