Changing to learner-centred education: challenges experienced by nurse educators in Taiwan.
This paper reports the challenges experienced by nurse educators in changing a teacher-centred, content-driven approach to teaching and learning to a learner-centred, process-driven approach within a School of Nursing in Taiwan. While a general movement towards a learner-centred approach was achieved, the curriculum transformation process was complex and inevitably slow with many challenges. First the study is outlined, with the key challenges experienced by the participating nurse educators explicated and illuminated with excerpts drawn from the research data. This is followed by a discussion of possible reasons for the challenges and how they were overcome and the transition process from teacher-centred to learner-centred education facilitated.
Chiang
Ching-Kuei
CK
School of Nursing, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. ckchiang@ctust.edu.tw
Chapman
Helen
H
Elder
Ruth
R
D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D001290:Attitude; D003479:Curriculum; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D013192:Staff Development; D013624:Taiwan; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*