Preparing student nurses for contemporary practice: The case for discovery learning

dc.creator	Derek Chambers
dc.creator	Andrea Thiekötter
dc.creator	Lara Chambers
dc.date	2013-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:09:46Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:09:46Z
dc.identifier	10.5430/jnep.v3n9p106
dc.identifier	1925-4040
dc.identifier	1925-4059
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/e8afbaa3bf3f451187470542f58f901e
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/13084
dc.description	<p class="a">Nursing in the 21st Century is characterised by continuous change. In addition nurses increasingly have to care for: patients with multiple pathology; chronic diseases and who come from more diverse backgrounds than ever before. In order to prepare nurses to function in such an environment nurse education will need to adopt pedagogical approaches that will engender the necessary cognitive and meta- cognitive skills. One such pedagogical approach is Bruner’s theory of discovery learning.</p> This paper explores the ways in which discovery learning can be used by nurse educators. It reviews the factors that led to the growth of modern constructivism and how nurse educators can use concepts such as heuristics and scaffolding and spiral curricula in order to better prepare nurses to be fit for graduation as registered nurses.<br />
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Sciedu Press
dc.relation	http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/jnep/article/view/1794
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1925-4040
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1925-4059
dc.source	Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, Vol 3, Iss 9 (2013)
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Preparing student nurses for contemporary practice: The case for discovery learning
dc.type	article