Transformative Teaching of Caring Science: A Guide for Nursing Faculty

By FCAN Hills, Marcia, PhD, RN, FAAN, LL-AAN Watson, Jean, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, FCAN Cara, Chantal, PhD, RN, FAAN

The hallmark text for nursing faculty seeking to promote the transformative teaching of caring science, Creating a Caring Science Curriculum: A Relational Emancipatory Pedagogy for Nursing reflects the paramount scholarship of Caring Science educators. This second edition intertwines visionary thinking with blueprints, exemplars, and dynamic direction for the application of fundamental principles. It goes beyond the conventional by offering a model that serves as an emancipatory, ethical-philosophical, educational, and pedagogical learning guide for both teachers and students.

A Comprehensive Guide to Creating a Caring Science Curriculum

This comprehensive guide is divided into five units, addressing the history of the caring curriculum revolution and its powerful presence within nursing.

Unit I: Laying the Foundation for a Caring Science Curriculum

This unit sets the stage for creating a Caring Science curriculum, providing a solid foundation for nursing faculty and students alike.

Unit II: Blueprints for Caring-Based Education

This unit introduces intellectual and strategic blueprints for caring-based education, including action-oriented approaches for faculty-student relations, teaching/learning skills, pedagogical practices, critical-reflective-creative approaches to evolving human consciousness, and power relation dynamics.

Unit III: Curriculum Structure and Design

This unit addresses the evolution of a caring-based college of nursing, caring in advanced practice education, and the development of caring consciousness in nurse leaders. Real-world exemplars of Caring Science curricula are also featured.

Unit IV: Alternative Approach to Clinical and Course-Based Evaluation

This unit offers an alternative approach to clinical and course-based evaluation, providing a fresh perspective on assessing student learning.

Unit V: The Future of the Caring Science Curriculum

The final unit explores the future of the Caring Science curriculum as a way of emancipating the human spirit, offering a transformative vision for the future of nursing education.

New to This Edition:

• Updated chapters, case studies, and learning activities
• Six new chapters providing guidance on how to create a Caring Science curriculum
• Exemplars from institutions that have developed Caring Science curricula

Key Features:

• Provides a broad application of Caring Science for teachers, students, and nursing leaders
• Features case studies of teacher/student lived learning experiences within a caring-loving pedagogical environment
• Encourages the integration of theory and practice into the learning process with learning activities and reflective exercises
• Distills the expertise of world-renowned Caring Science scholars

Product Details:

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Publication Date: January 7, 2021
• Language: English