Description
Book SynopsisThis concise guide is designed for novice faculty and nursing education students who are teaching or will be teaching in higher education. The text provides the skills necessary to teach courses for classroom and online courses. Information is provided in a practical and accessible way and includes best practices for setting up a syllabus and curriculum, test item writing, grading, mentoring students, and personal advancement as a faculty member. Exercises, rubrics, and self-test items are furnished to give readers hands-on practice in defining and carrying out an effective instructional agenda.
Table of ContentsChapters include:
- Introduction to Teaching
- Fundamentals of Nursing Curriculum
- How to Assess the Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies to be a Faculty Member
- How to Incorporate Civility into Nursing Education
- The Tools Needed to Teach
- How to Write a Course Syllabus
- How to Develop Meaningful Course and Clinical Assignments
- How to Develop a Course for Online Instruction
- How to Write Test Items
- How to Assess and Evaluate Students
- Creative Teaching Strategies
- How to Bring Your Teaching Skills to Life in the Classroom and Clinical Setting
- How to Use Creative Teaching Strategies
- How to Mentor Students
- Development of a Teaching Career
- How to Transition from a Clinician to a Nurse Faculty Member
- Faculty Role, Peer Interactions, and Faculty Workload
- Scholarship of Teaching, Interprofessionalism and Collegiality
