Functional Role III - Educator

Catalog description

Functional Role III, Nurse Educator, is designed to help students synthesize teaching and learning theory and the pedagogical approaches they have been studying in preparation for the nursing faculty role. This course is the practical application of theory and scholarship to current and emerging challenges facing the nursing profession and faculty in teaching. The course provides the student with direct, real life experience in preparation for assuming the role of a faculty member within a School of Nursing and provides the opportunity for students to implement their personal philosophy of teaching and learning. Content includes trends and issues in nursing, higher education, and the complexity of teaching and learning. Educational administration and college organization and the roles of Academic and Student Affairs in promoting student success will be explored. Students will engage in clinical and classroom teaching, course development, assessment and evaluation of students and will participate in school of nursing and university activities. Prerequisite: NURS 522 & 557 (FNP) or NURS 512 & NURS 557 (AG) or NURS 542 & NURS 557 (CH). Corequisite: NURS 596 (FNP) or NURS 513 (AG) or NURS 542 (CH).