Main description:

This leading text is now in its fifth edition and has been extensively restructured and refocused to reflect key issues of nurse education and practice today. Covering all nursing education including teaching patients, clients and their families, it combines theoretical principles and practical application to appeal to nurse educators, students and clinicians in practice.

Contents:

Foreword
Preface To The Fifth Edition
Acknowledgements
Dedication
1. Introduction: Nurse Education In The University And The Setting
Part One: The Psychological Basis Of Teaching And Learning
2. Adult Learning Theory
3. Perspectives On Teaching And Learning
Part two: Learning, Teaching And Assessment
4. Curriculum Theory And Practice
5. Planning For Teaching
6. Teaching Strategies
7. Assessment Of Learning
8. Teaching And Study Skills
Part Three: Specific Teaching Contexts
9. Teaching In The Clinical Setting
10. Teaching Support Mechanisms
11. Teaching Patients, Clients And Their Families
Part Four: Continuing professional Development
12. Preparation For An Education Post
13. Lifelong Learning
14. Continuing Professional development: The University Context
15. Continuing Professional development: The Workplace Context
Index
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