The use of simulation in nursing education offers students a safe, controlled environment to experience simulated patient care experiences or to practice or be evaluated on nursing skills. Simulation is used here in our NMC simulation lab to connect classroom learning...
**The actual title of this post is "I Just Want Them to Like Trust Me" but that formatting doesn't hold in the title bar. One of the things I’ve discovered about teaching is how difficult it is to admit to myself that sometimes I just want my students to like me....
A student mentioned the other day that he had learned more in the last 8 weeks of class than he learned in all of high school. I am not sure how active he was in his high school classes, but I never saw him doing homework outside of the classroom. He also said that...
“I always ask them why they want to teach,” Mark shared in a meeting. Before he could continue, I glibly tossed out “I’d say because I get my summers off, for sure.” “That is not a good answer,” he retorted sharply and we both smiled. Glib my comment was, but I found...
In early June of 2005 I was asked to give a speech on the meaning of teaching to the graduating seniors of Glen Lake. A first-year teacher, I wasn't up to the task, instead delivering a nice sounding speech that said little of substance. Shortly afterwards, as I got...
My first teaching job was at an all-boys private school in Los Angeles. I was 22 and fresh out of college with not a bit of teaching experience. But as part of the mentoring program, other teachers and administrators were in and out of my room all the time. At first,...
What if the norm for college students was thoughtful, polite, courageous and reflective engagement when faced with disagreement both inside and outside the classroom? What if this isn't the norm and what if we're part of the problem? How can we help our students to...
We’re heading into the last leg of the semester, and many of us have students working on the most complex projects and concepts in our courses. If we were to walk in the students’ shoes a bit we would see that they are working on complicated culminating components in...