Engaging undergraduate nursing students in face-to-face tutorials

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Elder, Ruth L., Lewis, Peter A., Windsor, Carol A., Wheeler, Margaret, Forster, Elizabeth, Foster, Joanne and Chapman, Helen. 2011. "Engaging undergraduate nursing students in face-to-face tutorials." Nurse Education in Practice. 11 (5), pp. 314-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2011.02.003
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Engaging undergraduate nursing students in face-to-face tutorials

ERA Journal ID14139
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsElder, Ruth L. (Author), Lewis, Peter A. (Author), Windsor, Carol A. (Author), Wheeler, Margaret (Author), Forster, Elizabeth (Author), Foster, Joanne (Author) and Chapman, Helen (Author)
Journal TitleNurse Education in Practice
Journal Citation11 (5), pp. 314-319
Number of Pages6
Year2011
PublisherElsevier
Place of PublicationUnited Kingdom
ISSN1471-5953
1873-5223
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2011.02.003
Web Address (URL)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471595311000217?via%3Dihub
Abstract

Chronic nursing shortages have placed increasing pressure on many nursing schools to recruit greater numbers of students with the consequence of larger class sizes. Larger class sizes have the potential to lead to student disengagement. This paper describes a case study that examined the strategies used by a group of nursing lecturers to engage students and to overcome passivity in a Bachelor of Nursing programme. A non-participant observer attended 20 tutorials to observe five academics deliver four tutorials each. Academics were interviewed both individually and as a group following the completion of all tutorial observations. All observations, field notes, interviews and focus groups were coded separately and major themes identified. From this analysis two broad categories emerged: getting students involved; and engagement as a struggle. Academics used a wide variety of techniques to interest and involve students. Additionally, academics desired an equal relationship with students. They believed that both they and the students had some power to influence the dynamics of tutorials and that neither party had ultimate power. The findings of this study serve to re-emphasise past literature which suggests that to engage students, the academics must also engage.

KeywordsEngagement; Involvement; Tutorials;
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020390110. Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
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Byline AffiliationsQueensland University of Technology
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
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