Track
Research Proposal / Assessment of Student Learning
Conference Tracks
Learning Theories and Pedagogy – Research
Abstract
Nurse education in Higher Education aims to prepare student nurses to develop their abilities to integrate theory taught within the classroom into their clinical or practice placement. A collaborative, qualitative research project was undertaken between the University of South Carolina Aiken, USA and University of Hertfordshire, UK to explore, compare and evaluate the influence of Academic Professors/ Link Lecturers* in enabling 1st year student nurses to make the connection between theory and practice. The study was informed by current literature on theory-practice, Academic Professors/ Link Lecturers and student nurses’ experiences and perspectives.
(*faculty in the US are called academic professors, and faculty in UK are called Link Lecturers.)
Session Format
Poster Session
Session Format
Presentation
Publication Type and Release Option
Image (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
McGahee, Thayer W. and Abraham-Settles, Betty, "Comparison of Theory-Practice Link in US and UK Student Nurses" (2017). SoTL Commons Conference. 46.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2017/46
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Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Higher Education Commons, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Commons
Comparison of Theory-Practice Link in US and UK Student Nurses
Nurse education in Higher Education aims to prepare student nurses to develop their abilities to integrate theory taught within the classroom into their clinical or practice placement. A collaborative, qualitative research project was undertaken between the University of South Carolina Aiken, USA and University of Hertfordshire, UK to explore, compare and evaluate the influence of Academic Professors/ Link Lecturers* in enabling 1st year student nurses to make the connection between theory and practice. The study was informed by current literature on theory-practice, Academic Professors/ Link Lecturers and student nurses’ experiences and perspectives.
(*faculty in the US are called academic professors, and faculty in UK are called Link Lecturers.)
