Thesis (Ph. D.)--Wayne State University, 1994. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 366-380).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Wayne State University, 1994. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 366-380).

When I began the study, I was a full-time nurse educator. I taught student nurses at a hospital-based nursing school under the Hospital Authority. I also had a part-time job with the Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) from 1998 to 2008, teaching subjects in the Bachelor of Nursing (NU305) program, Higher Nursing diploma courses (NU112C), and Master’s in Education (E804/E814) program. Currently, I am a nursing officer in an intensive care unit (ICU), responsible for training and quality assurance. As a former nurse educator in a hospital-based nursing school, a trainer, and a part-time tutor at OUHK, I was interested in learning more about the trends and changes related to the teaching and learning of adult learners. I observed that in many state policies and academic discussions, “lifelong learning” has replaced the term “adult education.” Indeed, interest in the idea of lifelong learning has recently grown (Smith 2002). Nonetheless, I did not clearly understand the idea of lifelong learning. and how it is different from adult education. There is also no universal definition of lifelong learning; rather, it is interpreted by various stakeholders in different ways (Kumar 2004). This aroused my interest in exploring the nature of lifelong learning, its implications to me as a tutor and a trainer, and the process by which empirical and qualitative data on lifelong learning can be collected.

Thesis--University of California, Los Angeles. / Spine title: Nursing programs in the United States and Canada. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 227-234).

Thesis--University of Michigan.

Thesis--University of Michigan.

Research report (MPhil (Curriculum Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / Bibliography / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this research report I have argued that postgraduate student retention and completion rates in nursing education can be enhanced by attending to the following actions: increased institutional support, initiating students into an ethics of care, and engaging students and lecturers in some form of dialogical communication. In order to ensure that students do not prematurely depart from their programme of study, I have shown that it is not sufficient to offer merely institutional (mostly administrative) support to students, but also cultivating caring and dialogical communication in teaching and learning activities. My argument in defence of caring and dialogical communication is corroborated by an empirical investigation which confirms students’ non-completion and retention in the non-clinical postgraduate nursing education programmes offered by Stellenbosch University’s Nursing Division in 2008. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie navorsingsverslag het ek geargumenteer dat die nagraadse studentebehoud- en voltooiingkoerse in verpleegonderwys versnel kan word deur aandag aan die volgende aksies te skenk: toenemende institusionele ondersteuning, inisi¸ring van ’n etiek van omgee ten opsigte van studente en die betrokkenheid van studente en dosente in ’n vorm van dialogiese kommunikasie. Om te verhoed dat studente nie voortydig die studieprogram verlaat nie, het ek aangedui dat dit nie voldoende is om slegs institusionele (meesal administratiewe) ondersteuning aan studente te verskaf nie, maar ook om ’n kultuur te skep van omgee en dialogiese kommunikasie in onderrig- en leeraktiwiteite. My argument ter stawing van omgee en dialogiese kommunikasie word ondersteun deur ‘n empiriese ondersoek van studente se nie-voltooiings- en retensiekoerse in die nie-kliniese nagraadse onderwysprogramme wat deur Universiteit Stellenbosch se Verpleegkunde-afdeling in 2008 aangebied is.

Orientador: Elizabeth de Leone Monteiro Smeke / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T18:24:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Martins_MariaTerezaCristinaTorinoLabigalini_D.pdf: 1757836 bytes, checksum: 3b960bbfafd60fefcbc5f35d95694be6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Pesquisa de natureza qualitativa com objetivo de analisar a proposta pedagógica do Curso de Graduação da Faculdade de Enfermagem da PUC-Campinas, identificando em que medida seu Projeto Pedagógico atende aos pressupostos doutrinários do SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde), bem como às Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais para o ensino na área. Para tanto foi adotado o estudo documental, utilizando os recursos teóricos e metodológicos da análise de conteúdo. O Corpus Documental constituiu-se por Documentos da Universidade e Faculdade de Enfermagem; Legislação para ensino na área e recomendações da Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (ABEn), todos relativos ao período compreendido entre 1980 e 2004. A demarcação cronológica refere-se ao início do Projeto Pedagógico da PUC-Campinas, bem como, às inúmeras transformações na área da saúde e da formação de profissionais de saúde. A investigação permitiu identificar que, desde o início, a proposta de ensino da Faculdade mostrou-se de vanguarda na área, em decorrência, dentre outros fatores, da organização das políticas de saúde em Campinas, bem como dos propósitos contidos no Projeto da Universidade. Com relação ao currículo vigente, observamos necessidades de ajustes, particularmente, no que diz respeito ao compartilhamento dos saberes da Saúde Coletiva com as demais áreas, haja vista suas características e conhecimentos acumulados que podem contribuir para adequação do ensino ao perfil de formação pretendido. As conclusões apontam para a busca de estratégias de contínuo aperfeiçoamento do processo de ensino-aprendizagem com vistas à consolidação do Projeto Pedagógico / Abstract: Research of qualitative nature aiming to analyze the Pedagogical proposal of the graduation of PUC-Campinas Nursing University Course identifying in which measure its Pedagogical Project attends to the doctrinal SUS presupposed ( Health Unique system); as well as to the National Curriculum Directives for the teaching in the area. For that, it was adopted the documental study ,using the theoretical and methodological researches of the content analysis. The documental corpus consisted by documents of the Nursing University legislation for the teaching in the area and recommendations of the Brazilian Nursing Association (ABEN), all related to the period between 1980 and 2004. The chronological demarcation goes back to the beginning of the Pedagogical Project of PUC-Campinas, as well as the countless transformations in the area of Health and of the Health Professionals formation. The investigation allowed to identify that since the beginning, the teaching proposal at the university, became an advance guard in the area, among other factors of the movement of the Health Policies in Campinas, as well as, the purpose included into the university project. Referring to the curriculum in effect , we can observe adjustment necessities, mainly to what concerns to the sharing of the Collective Health with the other areas, since its characteristics and accumulated knowledge, that may contribute to the link between the teaching, to the profile of the required graduation. The conclusions, point out to the strategies search of continuous improvement of the teaching-learning process, mainly aiming to the Pedagogical Project consolidation. Key Words: Health manpower. Pedagogic project. Education evaluation. Education Nursing Diploma program. Nursing,education. Nursing Evaluation / Doutorado / Saude Coletiva / Doutor em Saude Coletiva

Background: This study derived from the concerns raised by nurse educators, clinical preceptors, and some nursing students in public nursing colleges in Gauteng following the implementation of the provincial selection criteria and processes. While these criteria could be seen as a means of standardising the admission into the Basic Nursing Diploma Programme at public nursing colleges, anecdotal reports from nurses in education institutions and clinical practices indicated a lack of professionalism, high attrition rates among these cohorts of students. The researcher believed that any meaningful selection criteria and processes should be on the views expressed by people who have been through the process as students or educators. Aim: The aim of this study was to analyse the selection criteria and processes followed by nursing colleges in the Gauteng Province to admit students into Basic Nursing Diploma Programme with the view of proposing selection criteria and processes that would secure the admission of the best candidates to this programme in public nursing colleges in Gauteng Province. Design: Quantitative descriptive survey design with self-completion questionnaire was used to generate data for this study. Out of 571 questionnaires distributed, 492 were returned and considered for analysis. Summary descriptive statistics were performed using SPSS version 21. Results: Four of the 13 items analysed were viewed by more than 70% of the respondents as less important and irrelevant to the selection of best candidates for nursing professional education. Proposal for changes supported by the rational for these changes were made by the respondents. Conclusion and Recommendation: The study proposed a framework that could guide the provincial authority in developing admission criteria that will ensure the selection of best candidates for Basic Diploma Nursing Programme in the province. / Health Studies / M.A. (Nursing Science)