Emancipatory teaching-learning philosophy and practice education in acute care: Navigating tensions
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2007
Publication Title
Journal of Nursing Education
Abstract
Much has been written in the nursing literature about the intentions and desires of a transformatory movement in nursing education. However, dialogue and critique related to actual implementation of a curriculum revolution begun in the late 1980s are lacking. The acute care context of nursing practice holds particular challenges for faculty teaching in an emancipatory curriculum. How do faculty implement a philosophy of teaching-learning congruent with the curriculum revolution, in the context of an acute care setting that privileges empirical knowledge and values a behaviorist paradigm? In this article, we provide an example of one teaching approach grounded in an emancipatory ideology: critical questioning. We also discuss some of the tensions we associate with teaching-learning in an acute care context and our experiences of navigating these tensions.
Recommended Citation
Randall, C. E., Lougheed, M. J., & Tate, B. E. (2007). Emancipatory teaching-learning philosophy and practice education in acute care: Navigating tensions. Journal of Nursing Education, 46(2), 60-64. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20070201-04
