Concept mapping: an educational strategy for advancing nursing education.
OBJECTIVE
Application of concept mapping as a tool in nursing education.


OBJECTIVE
To highlight the use of concept mapping as a method for advanced learning in nursing education.


METHODS
Literature from nursing and general education, instructor and student experiences, and opinions from using concept maps as a method of teaching/learning.


CONCLUSIONS
Instructors and students reported satisfaction from use of concept maps in the educational process. Teaching with the aid of concept maps has been incorporated as an innovative and viable teaching method in nursing education.
Harpaz
Irit
I
Sheba Academic School of Nursing, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Balik
Chaya
C
Ehrenfeld
Mally
M
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001296:Audiovisual Aids / Q000592:standards*; D003210:Concept Formation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D017145:Models, Educational; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology