Monday, October 25, 2010
Reflection
My children laughed when I told them I had a blog about getting my MSN! Like most 20somethings,they enjoy technology and wouldn't dream of living without it. I see the progress I have made in a few months and have to smile. Yesterday I went to Amazon to look for a book I wanted on Watson's caring theory and they asked me if I wanted it in paperback or in Kindle format. I had heard of a Kindle but always rationalized I needed a physical book to highlight and hold in my hands. Then I started looking into the reviews for these e book readers. The thing that hooked me was that the Kindle holds about 3500 books in one small device. So I will price different models and read reviews but I am about to dive into another facet of technology. Lets hope I can figure out how to use it.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Reflecting on Practice and Goals
In looking at where I have been in Nursing Education and where I'm going I reflect on my beginnings. My first boss was like a drill Sergent in the military. Rules and regulations were paramount and she was definitely rooted in the old school paradigm. She seemed to enjoy disciplining students and making them squirm. My nature is not really suited for that kind of authoritarian stuff.
My second and third bosses at my current job were soooo different. Supportive and using more democratic approaches to guide the program. It was very different to have a voice and vote.
I realize now after some of the readings we have done that I have remnants of the first boss still left in me that may need to be exorcised. I don't scream at the students or enjoy being tough on them. What I do still have in me is a bit of the old school way of doing things. "The sage on the stage", lecture approach. I have been a bit resistant to change in the area of my approach to the way I run my classroom. I figure since I have the knowledge of the material in the book I need to convey that knowledge to my students and lecture is the most efficient way of conveying that information to others. Since I have been thinking about some of the things I read in Billings "Teaching in Nursing" (2009 chapter 12), I can see I must evolve. More importantly I am beginning to see why. I never changed my approach before because it had worked pretty well until now. I can see now thru my reading and my own experience with these online courses for my MSN, that adults need to take responsibility for their own learning.
I'm not doing them any favors by just sticking the information into them (thru their ears) and hoping they can retain it. I'm willing to try some things that involve the students taking more initiative and having a more participatory role. I need to think this thru to find a way to incorporate this into my classes.
My second and third bosses at my current job were soooo different. Supportive and using more democratic approaches to guide the program. It was very different to have a voice and vote.
I realize now after some of the readings we have done that I have remnants of the first boss still left in me that may need to be exorcised. I don't scream at the students or enjoy being tough on them. What I do still have in me is a bit of the old school way of doing things. "The sage on the stage", lecture approach. I have been a bit resistant to change in the area of my approach to the way I run my classroom. I figure since I have the knowledge of the material in the book I need to convey that knowledge to my students and lecture is the most efficient way of conveying that information to others. Since I have been thinking about some of the things I read in Billings "Teaching in Nursing" (2009 chapter 12), I can see I must evolve. More importantly I am beginning to see why. I never changed my approach before because it had worked pretty well until now. I can see now thru my reading and my own experience with these online courses for my MSN, that adults need to take responsibility for their own learning.
I'm not doing them any favors by just sticking the information into them (thru their ears) and hoping they can retain it. I'm willing to try some things that involve the students taking more initiative and having a more participatory role. I need to think this thru to find a way to incorporate this into my classes.
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