Philosophical Foundations
Nursing Curricula
Theory Characteristics
Who said that?
100

Nursing education has a long standing history with using this type of philosophy as a curricular underpinning

Behaviourism

100

Emancipatory curriculum that embraced the 'guide on the side' role for faculty

CBL

100

This theory emphasizes the importance of background knowledge in learning new content

Constructivism

100

Max Wertheimer was the founder of this well known cognitivist theory which focused on the basic principle that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Gestalt 

200

Knowledge is created by the learners is the central tenet of this education philosophy

Constructivist 

200

This pedagogy focusses on the 'lived experiences' of teachers/students and patients

Narrative 

200

This theory challenges students to confront injustice and inequality

Social Learning

200

The use of positive and negative reinforcement and punishment to ensure learning occurs can be first credited to this Russian physiologist 

Ivan Pavlov

300

Students are encouraged to freely choose their own path in a curriculum based on this teaching philosophy (emancipatory pedagogy)

Humanism 

300

This type of pedagogy's central goal is to create an authentic and egalitarian relational student- teacher dynamic 

Emancipatory Pedagogy 

300

This theory prioritizes internal motivation and encourages learning through curiosity 

Humanism

300

Knowles's theory specific to adult learning

andragogy 

400

This philosophical approach has a focus on the application of knowledge to practice

Pragmatism 

400

This pedagogy was the first in nursing to encourage 'thinking about thinking'

Narrative

400

This theory makes use of incentives and rewards to promote learning

Bahviourism

400

Kolb proposed this humanistic learning model based on the process of reflective learning (perceiving and processing)

Experiential learning model

500

The philosophical perspective of realism supports the belief that reality is found in the physical world and truth is observable. This old school teaching philosophy emanated from a realism perspective

Behaviourism- learning through positive reinforcement with the teacher providing knowledge

500

The primary role of educational philosophies for nursing education is to support faculty to do this important task

engage students and learn ways to engage in the process of teaching

500

This theory makes use of Socratic dialogue and is supported by information processing and human developmental  theories

Cognitivism 

500

This constructivist pioneer advocated for curriculum changes to support the notion that students construct new ideas based on their current knowledge

Jerome Bruner 

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