A professional profile of the contemporary teacher in the opinion of nursing and midwifery students
Journal Title: Progress in Health Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: The transformation of the system of nurse and midwife training is becoming the object of empirical research concerning the effectiveness of the teaching/learning process. Purpose: To know the expectations of a chosen group of students towards vocational teachers and vocational training environment as well as the preferred forms and methods of training. Material and methods: The study was conducted among 240 students of nursing and midwifery at the Medical University in Bialystok. The research tool was an original survey questionnaire. Results: A desired quality of the vocational teacher is the ability to transmit knowledge (96%). Graduate students express their willingness to use active methods of teaching in theoretical courses (p≤.05) and see a possibility of using their knowledge for problem solving (p≤0.05). The respondents, especially undergraduate students, have a positive opinion about their teachers’ content knowledge (p≤0.05) and as regards the didactic tools applied by teachers, in the scale from 1 to 5, their quality is assessed at 3.5 and their validity – at 3.6. Conclusions: Vocational teachers should constantly improve their knowledge sharing skills, support this knowledge with examples and use valid and good quality didactic tools.
Authors and Affiliations
M. Sierakowska, H. Doroszkiewicz, E. Krajewska-Kułak, A. Guzowski
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