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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168
World Nursing 2017
July 10-12, 2017
23
rd
World Nursing and Healthcare Conference
July 10-12, 2017 Berlin, Germany
Rethinking learning communities to develop new nursing faculty: Discovering agency
Judith Honeyfield
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, New Zealand
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mproved educational outcomes for current and future generations of nursing students rely on the preparation, development and
on-going support of nursing faculty. A recent New Zealand study has highlighted that the transition and initial preparation from
practice to educator requires a new model. In response, this presentation will outline the development of the Whanau learning
community model (WLCM) - a new bi-cultural model following the development and evaluation of resources to support new
faculty in conjunction with Ako Aotearoa, New Zealand’s National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. Transformative and
pragmatic paradigms guided the methodological approach that investigated the experiences of 94 new teachers in conjunction with
the perceptions of nine key stakeholders from a broad cross section of higher education. Participants reported issues of being ‘thrown
in at the deep end’ and of role confusion related to their new teaching identity. The research confirmed faculty is often subjected
to an ‘
ad hoc’
approach to professional development, and are heavily reliant on the skill set they bring with them, making them
highly vulnerable to early exit from academia. The WLCM model builds on a learning community concept and presents a deliberate,
collective approach to mediate the current gap between issues of timeliness and availably for learning and teaching development over
other competing priorities for new faculty.
Biography
Judith Honeyfield has experience in Nursing Education and Practice. She was the Head of School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Studies. She currently leads
a Masters in Professional Studies and a member of the Post-graduate Board of Studies as well as teachers in a Bachelor of Nursing programme. Her research
interests include new teaching and learning approaches and supporting students which was a nationally funded project completed in 2016. She completed her PhD
in Education in 2016, and continues to offer teaching development workshops nationwide.
Judith Honeyfield, J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-049