NURS 535 TEACHING PHILOSOPHY (PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING) DISCUSSIONS WEST COAST UNIVERSITY
NURS 535 PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING
WEEK1
Discussion#1
The diversity of both students and faculty poses important considerations for teaching
and learning. Reflect on the characteristic differences in gender, race, and culture, as
well as the differences among the diverse generations in today’s nursing education
classroom. When considering your personal philosophy of teaching, discuss how you
might use these characteristic differences and diverse backgrounds and experiences of
today’s nursing students as a teaching tool to connect students to nursing content and
increase their understanding. In other words, how might you incorporate the background
and experiences of your students into your teaching methods to enhance the ability of
all students in your classroom to think critically and problem solve patient-care issues?
As a millennial, I know at times it is hard to be able to relate to other generations and
their learning style. Billings & Halstead (2015) pointed out that Millennials or Generation
Y are technologically savvy and comfortable with multitasking. Generation Z is also
technologically focused. The educator should assess the students learning style
preference using many instruments available to help students develop an awareness of
their preferred learning style (Fleming, Mckee & Huntley-Moore, 2011; Hallin, 2014;
Robinson, Scollan-Koliopoulos, Kamienski, & Burke, 2012 as cited in Billings &
Halstead, 2015, p. 26).