Analyzing the teaching style of nursing faculty: Does it promote a student-centered or teacher-centered learning environment?

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 238-245

  Schaefer, Karen Moore ^a   Zygmont, Dolores ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Preferred Learning Environment; Principals of Adult Learning Scale; Student Centered Learning Environment; Teacher Centered Learning Environment; Teaching Philosophy; Teaching Style

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; TEACHER; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642375900     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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