Innovations in Teaching and Learning

Catalog description

This course prepares the student to apply theoretical concepts related to how adults learn and how teachers teach to prepare students with highly developed critical thinking skills to meet the demands of complex nursing practice in the contemporary healthcare environment. The course includes emphasis on adult learners, the self as the teacher and the teacher and learner characteristics that support successful learning. Principles of teach and learning, critical thinking applied to the variety of learning environments including simulation, distance learning and the clinical setting and the use of technology are explored as well as teaching methods in the cognitive, Affective and psychomotor domains of learning. Prerequisite: NR 559. Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer.