Billings & Halstead – read Chapters 1, 14 & the selected pages from Chapters 10 & 25 (as noted in our course syllabus). In Bradshaw et al. – read Chapters 10 – 14.
This week’s required readings focus on various components of the nursing faculty role, such as the pathway for a job in academia and key teaching strategies for today’s diverse student population. This second assignment expands upon our first-class meeting and will provide you with an even deeper perspective on the life of a nursing faculty.
1. In Billings & Halstead , the author lists factors as to why it is difficult to fill nursing faculty positions and why schools struggle to retain faculty, once hired. Given your own experiences or observations:
· What was your reaction to the readings on this topic?
· In your opinion, what are the three best strategies for getting more nurses interested in going into academia and provide rationales behind your answers.
· What do you think are factors that would promote nursing faculty retention, and why?
2. In Bradshaw & Hultquist , the authors provide various strategies for making the lecture experience more entertaining and interactive.
Select ONE of the following:
· Describe a school experience you’ve had, where the teacher/instructor utilized humor, debate or gaming as a teaching methodology .
· Describe how you have personally utilize humor, debate, or gaming as a teaching methodology for a class, formal presentation, or in-servicing training that you have done
3. Write out a question or scenario that you’d like us to discuss in class, that involves a teaching strategy or a teaching challenge.
