Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to M J Arndt.
This article examines caring from an ontological perspective. Believing that the caring practices of nursing are often hidden from view because they constitute the everydayness of practice, it is proposed that one way to reveal caring practices is through storytelling. Brief stories from practice are shared and the author describes how caring practice is embedded within the experience of nursing.
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This controlled experimental study examines the effect of two teaching methods on achievement outcomes from a 15-week, 2 credit hour semester course taught at two midwestern universities. Students were randomly assigned to either computer-managed instruction in which faculty function as tutors or the traditional classroom course of study. In addition, the effects of age, grade point average, attitudes toward computers, and satisfaction with the course on teaching method were analyzed using analysis of covariance. Younger students achieved better scores than did older students. Regardless of teaching method, however, neither method appeared to be better than the other for teaching course content. Students did not prefer one method over the other as indicated by their satisfaction scores. With demands upon university faculty to conduct research and publish, alternative methods of teaching that free faculty from the classroom should be considered. This study suggests that educators can select such an alternative teaching method to traditional classroom teaching without sacrificing quality education for certain courses.
This article argues for the use of learning style theory in patient education. Although nurses need to have a repertoire of teaching strategies as well as possess flexibility in teaching clients, research has demonstrated that nurses do not understand teaching and learning principles. This article discusses the theoretical tenets of Kolb's learning style theory and applies this theory to patient education.