Table of Contents
Foreword Michael Perry, RN ix
Introduction xi
Acknowledgments xxi
Unit 1 Knowing the Self as Teacher 1
Chapter 1 Then and Now: A Call to Pause 3
Learning and Teaching 3
A Moment in Time 4
Pauses at Departure and Arrival 5
You Are Yourself 7
References 9
Chapter 2 Honoring the Present in the Best and Worst Year 11
Quarrying the First-Year Challenges 12
Honoring the Present and Renewing its Nobility 15
Where Have I Been as Teacher? 17
Where Am I Going as Teacher? 18
The Educator Moves Inside 20
References 23
Chapter 3 "As If": More of That First Year 25
Appeal of the Educator Role 26
Preparing to Teach 28
Getting Started: Before the First Class Meeting 30
Relationships with Teaching Colleagues 34
Conclusion 36
References 36
Chapter 4 Scott's Spirit on Lassen Peak: Finding the Spirit That Sustains You 37
Lesson from Lassen Peak 38
Learning as My Sustaining Spirit 39
What I Have Learned About Learning 40
Find the Spirit That Sustains You 45
References 46
Chapter 5 The Rhythm of Education: Dr. Harriet Werley, Thank You for Teaching Me 47
Thank You for Teaching Me 47
Rhythm of Staccato 48
Rhythm of Tapestry 52
Rhythm of Stillness 54
References 55
Unit 2 Relationships with Students 57
Chapter 6 How Can the Students Help Us Teach? 59
Who Do the Students Say That They Are? 60
The Nurse Educator: What Is Most Important? 61
About Being a New Nurse Educator 70
Beyond Balance 73
References 74
Chapter 7 Presence with Students: Posing Interest, Not Merely Paying Attention 75
Posing Interest as a Clinical Teacher: An Early Lesson 76
Posing Interest as a Classroom Teacher 78
ShowingUp and Circulating 80
Getting Inside the Students' Heads 83
"A Friend of Your Mind" and Namaste 85
References 85
Unit 3 Teaching Practices That I Am Practicing 87
Chapter 8 Clinical Teaching is Where the Magic Lies 89
Clinical Education as the Pinnacle of Complexity 90
Preparing for Departure 92
In Flight 94
Conclusion 99
Questions to Ponder 99
References 100
Chapter 9 The Novel: "Listen Her and She Will Show Us Everything" 101
Linking Novels and Human Responses 102
Repositioning Novel Reading in Nursing Education 104
Novel Reading: Beyond "Busywork" and "Boring" 105
"Listen Her and She Will Show Us Everything" 109
Questions to Ponder 110
References 110
Chapter 10 The Students Co-Construct the Classroom 111
Similar Experiences, But What Makes Them Different? 112
Relentless Preparation 114
Take a Break 116
Students and Course Assignments Co-Construct the Classroom 116
Conclusion 119
Questions to Ponder 120
References 120
Chapter 11 Creative Projects: "Could You Please Tell Us What You're Looking For?" 121
A Newbie's Anemic Attempts 122
What I've Discovered 123
Creativity as a Concept 125
Beginning to Make it a Practice 126
Conclusion 130
Questions to Ponder 130
References 131
Unit 4 Nursing Education as Liberal Education 133
Chapter 12 Teaching Life, Not Teaching Work 135
Beyond Compliance in Health Care 135
Shadow Side of Nursing Education 138
Nursing Education as Liberal Education 142
In Procession: Where is it Leading Us? 152
References 153
Afterword: The Musicality of Teaching: More Dreams for the Future than Memories of the Past 155
The Musicality of Teaching 155
Building Bridges 157
References 159
Index 161
