EFFECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING INSTRUCTORS: A CRITICAL INCIDENT STUDY.
Contributors: East Texas State University.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Education, Curriculum and Instruction.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Purpose of the study. The purpose of the study was to identify effective teaching behaviors of associate degree nursing instructors. Additionally, the study sought to determine the difference between the effective and ineffective teaching behaviors of teachers of associate degree nursing.

Procedure. Through the use of the Critical Incident Technique 457 incidents (243 effective and 214 ineffective) were collected from seventeen associate degree nursing program directors, ten instructors, and one hundred students. The data revealed six broad categories of teacher behaviors--Classroom Teaching, Clinical Teaching, Evaluation, Informal Individual Interactions, Interpersonal Skills, and Personal Traits.

Findings. The findings were: (1) The critical incident technique was shown to be a useful method for eliciting data concerning effective and ineffective teaching behaviors of associate degree nursing instructors; (2) All groups of participants were more likely to report effective than ineffective behaviors; (3) Effective teaching behaviors of teachers of associate degree nursing were associated with six broad categories--Classroom Teaching, Clinical Teaching, Evaluation, Informal Individualized Interactions, Interpersonal Skills, and Personal Traits; (4) Of the six broad categories of teacher behaviors, directors of associate degree nursing programs most often cited more incidents in the classroom teaching category; (5) Associate degree nursing instructors were nearly equal in reporting incidents concerned with Classroom Teaching, Evaluation, and Interpersonal Skills; (6) Associate degree nursing students also were nearly equal in reporting incidents pertaining to Interpersonal Skills, Classroom Teaching, and Clinical Teaching; (7) The largest number of effective incidents dealt with Clinical Teaching; and (8) The largest number of ineffective incidents dealt with Interpersonal Skills and Classroom Teaching.

Conclusions. The conclusions are: (1) The critical incident technique can be used when further research into teacher effectiveness is conducted; and (2) Effective associate degree nursing instruction is dependent upon the demonstration of teaching behaviors contained in the six identifying categories.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-04, Section: A, page: 0713.

Thesis (ED.D.)--EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, 1987.

School code: 0103.