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Attitude and assessment in nurse education
Author(s) -
Dawson Kevin P
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb01932.x
Subject(s) - formative assessment , context (archaeology) , psychology , nursing assessment , nursing , medical education , applied psychology , medline , pedagogy , medicine , political science , paleontology , biology , law
This paper considers the difficulties and dangers inherent in attempts to assess attitude as an aspect of learning It considers the definition of the concept, some implications for educational programmes, and the means and validity, in this context, of different assessment techniques Finally, a form of learner profile is proposed as a possible means of assessing this aspect of learning—but it is emphasized that this will only have the status of a formative assessment The importance of appropriate attitudes in the professional nurse is acknowledged, but the danger of simplistic behavioural tools is highlighted