A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE NOTION OF CARING IN THE TEACHERS COLLEGE CURRICULUM FROM 1899-1990.
Contributors: Columbia University. Teachers College.
Published: 1995
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: This study explored the development of the notion of caring in nursing, especially as it related to the nursing curriculum at Teachers College, Columbia University from its inception to the present.

Caring is characterized in the literature as the essential foundation of nursing and its general mission. It has been demonstrated that the notion has evolved with the woman's movement and the effort of women to be formally educated. This effort can be clearly seen by the development of graduate nursing education.

In part, this is both the history of nursing, of women, of education, and of an institution. It is a story of the connectedness and relationship of these elements. It is an account of how the growth of one segment of society encouraged and nurtured the growth of the others. It is also the story of a woman's dream and the relationships that she developed in her endeavor to fulfill that goal.

Trends in use of the word "care" are examined as they relate to social tendencies and inclinations and the value system of a society at that time, particularly as it relates to women, and their social value and usefulness.

The methodology included a review of literature, an examination of the yearly bulletins, and six interviews with nurses that had either graduated from Teachers College or were considered authorities on the notion of caring.

These taped interviews proved to be very insightful into understanding the "culture of caring" nurtured in the Nursing Department at Teachers College.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-07, Section: B, page: 3689.

Thesis (ED.D.)--COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE, 1995.

School code: 0055.