Adopting narrative pedagogy to improve the student learning experience in a regional Australian university

Margaret McAllister; Tracey John; Michelle Gray; Leonie Mosel Williams; Margaret Barnes; Janet Allan; Jennifer Rowe

doi:10.5172/conu.32.1-2.156

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Adopting narrative pedagogy to improve the student learning experience in a regional Australian university

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Adopting narrative pedagogy to improve the student learning experience in a regional Australian university

Margaret McAllister, Tracey John, Michelle Gray, Leonie Mosel Williams, Margaret Barnes, Janet Allan and Jennifer Rowe

Contemporary Nurse, Vol.32(1-2), pp.156-165

2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5172/conu.32.1-2.156

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nursing narratives

nursing education

curriculum development

narrative pedagogy

story

A growing body of work in the literature describes and explains narrative pedagogy within nursing and midwifery programs. This paper continues the conversation by explaining, with examples, how narrative pedagogy has been interpreted and applied within a new nursing faculty in Australia. The aims of our nursing and midwifery programs are to provide students with a clear professional identity and to prepare them for contemporary Australian nursing practice. As part of these aims, we want students to develop their imaginations and to consciously examine, and challenge, nursing and healthcare paradigms and practices such as the enduring illness model of healthcare and the emphasis on technique-oriented care. Members of our teaching team, working together and individually, have used narrative pedagogy in a variety of ways, developing novel teaching and learning activities for use in real time classroom settings as well as online to provide a regionally and globally relevant educational experience.

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Title: Adopting narrative pedagogy to improve the student learning experience in a regional Australian university
Authors: Margaret McAllister (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Tracey John (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Michelle Gray (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Leonie Mosel Williams (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Margaret Barnes (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Janet Allan (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Jennifer Rowe (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Publication details: Contemporary Nurse, Vol.32(1-2), pp.156-165
Publisher: EContent Management Pty Ltd
Date published: 2009
DOI: 10.5172/conu.32.1-2.156
ISSN: 1037-6178
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450276502621
Output Type: Journal article

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