Self-Assessment
This paper presents a self-assessment based on the National League for Nursing’s Core Competencies of Nurse Educators (NLN, 2007a, 2007b). These eight competencies are organized according to Boyer’s (1990) Model of Scholarship. This paper includes self-assessment findings completed as part of Grand Canyon University’s (GCU) nursing education seminar course, Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University’s (GBCON-MU) knowledge and theory development in nursing course, and Berry College’s annual faculty report.
Scholarship of Teaching
Competency I: Facilitate Learning
Learning should be fun, interesting, engaging, interactive, and challenging. One of the most fulfilling moments is when a learner gets it. I maintain …show more content…
I continue to grow and evolve along with the learners. Because learning is shaped by our life experiences, I strive to know and be accessible to learners. I welcome learners’ questions, comments, or concerns and encourage expression of individual opinions. To maintain interest and apply concepts, I incorporate the learners’ and my personal and social experiences, real world examples, and pertinent clinical experiences. Because the learning experience affects us as we are transformed and influenced by one another, I embrace the phenomenological pedagogy of reflective learning and strive to understand my actions in relation to the learners. I posted my philosophy of teaching for learners to …show more content…
An identified area of improvement is technological skill. Technology is great when it works properly, but very frustrating for both the educator and learner when it does not. I was convicted by Cody’s (as cited in Reed & Shearer, 2012) observation nurses are not only unwilling but unable to defend nursing science. For much of my thirty year career, I rolled my eyes when theory or research was mentioned. It saddens me to think of how many I negatively influenced by dismissing nursing science over the years. Now I strive to defend nursing practice with theory and
This paper presents a self-assessment based on the National League for Nursing’s Core Competencies of Nurse Educators (NLN, 2007a, 2007b). These eight competencies are organized according to Boyer’s (1990) Model of Scholarship. This paper includes self-assessment findings completed as part of Grand Canyon University’s (GCU) nursing education seminar course, Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University’s (GBCON-MU) knowledge and theory development in nursing course, and Berry College’s annual faculty report.
Scholarship of Teaching
Competency I: Facilitate Learning
Learning should be fun, interesting, engaging, interactive, and challenging. One of the most fulfilling moments is when a learner gets it. I maintain …show more content…
I continue to grow and evolve along with the learners. Because learning is shaped by our life experiences, I strive to know and be accessible to learners. I welcome learners’ questions, comments, or concerns and encourage expression of individual opinions. To maintain interest and apply concepts, I incorporate the learners’ and my personal and social experiences, real world examples, and pertinent clinical experiences. Because the learning experience affects us as we are transformed and influenced by one another, I embrace the phenomenological pedagogy of reflective learning and strive to understand my actions in relation to the learners. I posted my philosophy of teaching for learners to …show more content…
An identified area of improvement is technological skill. Technology is great when it works properly, but very frustrating for both the educator and learner when it does not. I was convicted by Cody’s (as cited in Reed & Shearer, 2012) observation nurses are not only unwilling but unable to defend nursing science. For much of my thirty year career, I rolled my eyes when theory or research was mentioned. It saddens me to think of how many I negatively influenced by dismissing nursing science over the years. Now I strive to defend nursing practice with theory and