Main description:

There is a great need for qualified nurse educators in South Africa to enhance the quality of the development of student nurses, and therefore to enhance the quality of nursing care. This book applies didactics in theoretical, as well as clinical nursing education, using examples to illustrate the text.

Contents:

Legislative framework for nurse education; outcomes-based education in the context of nurse educator; recognition of prior learning; Batho Pele principle; curriculum development issues; learning outcomes in nurse education; evaluation of sources for study purposes; active learner involvement; correlation between theory and practise; the application of educational perspectives in nurse education; the learning environment; the structuring of teaching; academic teaching strategies; multimedia in nurse education; assessment in nurse education; clinical teaching in nurse education; assessment of clinical skills.