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Research has shown that what students desire most in the post-secondary milieu is engagement. As traditional forms of teaching that include lecture or PowerPoint presentations no longer adequately engage today's technology adept students, educators may find themselves at a loss for where to locate teaching strategies which both engage students, and are tried and tested in an actual classroom setting.
This book does just that. It provides a critical look at not only what is lacking in today's classrooms to promote engagement, but actual solutions and strategies to help nurse educators as they prepare to teach. Artistic Pedagogical Technologies were first envisioned by Dr. Beth Perry in 2005, while over twelve years of research confirms that these arts-based teaching strategies actually work.
As theory-based topics can be among the most difficult to engage students, included in this book are selected lesson plans that have been employed in actual classrooms. In total thirty five strategies are provided that can be utilized in a variety of classroom settings and applied to various nursing topics.
Students, as part of the human family, have an innate need to be creative. This creativity can display itself within Artistic Pedagogical Technologies as a melding of technology, edutainment and play. The strategies in Artistic Pedagogical Technologies: A Primer for Educators have changed the classroom life of the authors as educators, and they can change your teaching too.
About the author
Katherine J. Janzen, RN, MN is an associate professor in the Faculty of Health, Community and Education in the department of nursing and midwifery. Katherine completed her undergraduate (2005) and graduate degrees (2011) at Athabasca University. She received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2013. She has published over 33 articles in national and international journals and has numerous presentations nationally and internationally since joining Mount Royal University in 2011. An avid researcher, Katherine is currently exploring the use of the Quantum Perspective of Learning, in a four-year national grant. Her research interests include student engagement and creative arts-based pedagogy.
