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Embracing the Focus of the Discipline of Nursing: Critical Caring Pedagogy
Author(s) -
Chinn Peggy L.,
FalkRafael Adeline
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 1527-6546
DOI - 10.1111/jnu.12426
Subject(s) - discipline , curriculum , nurse education , nursing theory , pedagogy , nursing , focus group , nursing research , sociology , psychology , medicine , medline , social science , political science , anthropology , law
Purpose To present a theoretical model that grounds teaching and learning in nursing in the focus, values, and ideals of nursing as a discipline. Organizing Constructs The critical caring pedagogy model was formed by integrating Falk‐Rafael's theory of critical caring in public health nursing, Noddings’ philosophy of caring education, and Chinn's theory of peace and power. Methods The model of critical caring pedagogy was developed by logical analysis of the three organizing constructs and the conceptual relationships between and among these constructs. The analysis was informed by the authors’ experiences implementing the theoretical constructs in teaching and learning. Conclusions When nurse educators ground teaching and learning practice in nursing's own theoretical and philosophic foundation, they teach nursing in powerful ways that show nursing values and ideals through action, revealing deeper meanings of the words that form texts, lectures, and objectives set forth in a curriculum outline. Clinical Relevance Nursing students who experience education that is grounded in nursing's own disciplinary focus acquire an appreciation of nursing's disciplinary knowledge grounded in experience, paving the way for grounding their eventual practice in nursing theoretical perspectives.