· Reflect on the teaching principles and practices discussed during the course. A primary role of nursing faculty is to develop safe and quality learning environments and activities that allow students to achieve a robust, engaging, and productive learning experience. To enhance student learning, it is crucial for faculty to plan carefully with students and administrators in a shared governance approach.    ***classroom assessment techniques as formative evaluation tools and procedures and analyze how nursing faculty can use the techniques to improve teaching and learning. ****Regardless of the practice environment, the most important criterion for selecting clinical experiences is that each learning experience or activity relates logically to the desired learning outcome. Furthermore, each learning experience and practice activity should be an integral part of the course and align with the course and program outcomes. Finally, it is crucial that the clinical instructor, students, and nursing staff understand the goals and objectives of each clinical activity. ***Forces and trends related to curriculum and instruction in nursing education will continue, but regardless of the resulting views and changes brought about by the forces and trends, curriculum designs must be responsive to the needs of a dynamically changing healthcare system. Therefore, the hallmark of today’s nursing curricula is flexibility. ***To avoid some of the difficulties or problems that occur with clinical teaching, nursing faculty should: By all means, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER teach by humiliation. What stood out as important to you over the past 8 weeks? I was able to differentiate between the processes of teaching and the processes of learning. ***I was able to see what type of learner (AUDITORY)and educator (FACILITATOR) I am based on the personal questioners presented during class **. Analyze developmental, legal, and risk management aspects of student misconduct and learning, and discuss steps faculty can take to minimize disruptive student conduct and maintain a well-managed learning environment. *****Most interesting for me this semester was the nurse educator interview, I will attach it. **** CLASS PRESSENTED VARIETY OF VIDEOS SCNERARIOS ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE A CLASSROOM WITH CULTURE DIFFERENCES, BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT, CLASS PLANNING, STUDENT-FACULTY RELATIONSHIP *****Most Challenging Assignment were doing a course Syllabus and a Teaching Plan*** Instructor and peer response/feedback helped INTERVIEW WAS DURING WEEK 4 Introduction The interview was done to an experienced nurse educator who explained about the different trends present in nursing education that she has been able to observe and experience during her career in education. The interview was carried on a face to face conversation for the purpose of being able to get first-hand information which is more genuine (Herrman, 2015). The name of the interviewee is Mary Leaky who is an experienced nurse educator.

1. · Reflect on the teaching principles and practices discussed
during the course.
A primary role of nursing faculty is to develop safe and quality
learning environments and activities that allow students to
achieve a robust, engaging, and productive learning experience.
To enhance student learning, it is crucial for faculty to plan
carefully with students and administrators in a shared
governance approach.
***classroom assessment techniques as formative evaluation
tools and procedures and analyze how nursing faculty can use
the techniques to improve teaching and learning.
****Regardless of the practice environment, the most important
criterion for selecting clinical experiences is that each learning
experience or activity relates logically to the desired learning
outcome. Furthermore, each learning experience and practice
activity should be an integral part of the course and align with
the course and program outcomes. Finally, it is crucial that the
clinical instructor, students, and nursing staff understand the
goals and objectives of each clinical activity.
***Forces and trends related to curriculum and instruction in
nursing education will continue, but regardless of the resulting
views and changes brought about by the forces and trends,
curriculum designs must be responsive to the needs of a
dynamically changing healthcare system. Therefore, the
hallmark of today’s nursing curricula is flexibility.
***To avoid some of the difficulties or problems that occur
with clinical teaching, nursing faculty should: By all means,
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER teach by humiliation.
What stood out as important to you over the past 8 weeks? I was
able to differentiate between the processes of teaching and the

2. processes of learning. ***I was able to see what type of learner
(AUDITORY)and educator (FACILITATOR) I am based on the
personal questioners presented during class
**. Analyze developmental, legal, and risk management aspects
of student misconduct and learning, and discuss steps faculty
can take to minimize disruptive student conduct and maintain a
well-managed learning environment. *****Most interesting for
me this semester was the nurse educator interview, I will attach
it. ****
CLASS PRESSENTED VARIETY OF VIDEOS SCNERARIOS
ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE A CLASSROOM WITH CULTURE
DIFFERENCES, BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT, CLASS
PLANNING, STUDENT-FACULTY RELATIONSHIP
*****Most Challenging Assignment were doing a course
Syllabus and a Teaching Plan*** Instructor and peer
response/feedback helped
INTERVIEW WAS DURING WEEK 4
Introduction
The interview was done to an experienced nurse educator who
explained about the different trends present in nursing
education that she has been able to observe and experience
during her career in education. The interview was carried on a
face to face conversation for the purpose of being able to get
first-hand information which is more genuine (Herrman, 2015).
The name of the interviewee is Mary Leaky who is an
experienced nurse educator. She is a specialist on family care
and has been able to work in the current position as a nurse
educator and a family care specialist for a period of 6 years. She
oversees family care while working at St. John’s hospital. The
interview was scheduled on 9/14/2018 at 10 o’clock in the
morning.
Mary Leaky is one of the best nurse educators in Canada West
University. She has always been among the best since she got an

3. opportunity to work as a nurse educator. To her, every
individual who has had a chance to be a nurse educator has the
ability in one way or another to greatly impact the future of
nursing, he or she can take the opportunity of participating in
carrying out the research, comfortably sharing his or her
clinical expertise that he has to the students that he or she has
always had an interaction with and at the same time go ahead
and continue working as a patient care provider if he or she is
willing to do so (Herrman, 2015). She is a specialist in patient
care and teaches the nurses on how they can carry out patient
care. most of her student look up to her as a mentor and parent
at the same time since she is very determined and dedicated in
everything that she does according to the interview session that
we had together.
The interview
As a nurse educator she has the clinical expertise that belongs
to a nurse who registered. However, she belongs to a field that
is the main determinant on the quality of care that is to be
rendered by the future nurses at their place of practice and the
impact on the satisfaction of the patient at a future time and
generally the future of the health-care industry.
Carrying an interview session face to face has always been the
best experience ever that someone would always desire to have.
This is the reason why as an individual I decided to have a one
on one interview session with the nurse educator. Mary Leaky
was my interviewee. She has had an experience of 6 years as a
nurse educator in Canada West University. It was a great
pleasure having a chance to meet with her despite her normal
busy schedule. She passionately and whole heartedly loves her
work and everything that she does on a daily basis. It is not
easy for an individual to love his or her work the way I had an
experience with Mary. It was the best of all that I ever had. Her
major goal in life most of the time has always been to impact
and nurture the young nurses to be the best people in the

4. coming century. There is nothing good like having a goal to
nurture the coming generation. She courteously accepted me
typing her questions, not voice or video recording were allowed.
Questions that were asked to the nurse educator:
1. Give me some of the details about yourself.
My name is Mary Leaky; I have been a nurse educator for the
last 6 years in Canada West University. It has been my pleasure
working as a nurse educator since the time I decided to
specialize in patient care. There is more that I could have said
but I think this is the necessary information that I could have
given to you.
2. How has the nursing training been able to prepare you until
you were able to aspire being a nurse educator?
I have really enjoyed my nursing training because from the time
I was a young child I always dreamt of being a nurse for the
purpose of ensuring that I was in a position to save the lives of
other people. I decided to venture into becoming a nurse
educator since I thought it was my duty to inspire others
because I was able to do it myself. I have always felt at peace
when I train others to be what they have been dreaming of. It is
determination and hard work that made me to be where I am at
the moment.
3. As a nursing educator what are some of the greatest strengths
that you have made most of your students to aspire being like
you?
Everyone in the institution look up to me and this means that it
is my duty to ensure that I am in a position to work round the
clock for the purpose of ensuring that I do not fail them at any
cost. I take all my students to be my children because I am the
one who is involved in molding them especially in their career
life which means that it is a very great opportunity for me to be
a parent. Because of the small number of students that I have, I
have always taken my time to ensure that I am able to learn and
understand each and every particular student.
4. As a nurse educator, what are some of the challenges have
you gone through while training nurses and while taking care of

5. the patients whenever you have a chance to do that?
I have always had a chance to interact with patients once in a
while, but this has not been an easy thing for me because
different patients have different challenges that need to be
catered for. Interacting and meeting the needs of different
patients has not been an easy thing to do especially on the part
of the nurse. I have had to go back and study more for me to
gain a better understanding of what I really need to do for the
purpose of handling them in the right way.
5. What made you as a nurse educator to train in the particular
field of nursing that you are in?
I have always known in my life that any given individual in his
or her life has always desired to have the best care ever
especially when it comes to different complications in the body.
I had compassion on my patients and I thought it will be good
of me if I decide to go ahead and know how to really take care
of them so that they do not suffer the way they are suffering at
the moment. I decided to go ahead and study more for the
purpose of ensuring that all the patients had the right to enjoy
having good health.
6. What are some of the personalities that as a nurse educator
have you had that made it easier for you to be able to
comfortably train nurses despite the normal challenges
available?
Some of the personalities that as nurse I have had to teach
myself to have include being patient and very understanding.
This is because I was able to realize that this is what most of
the patients might need. Being patient has really helped me to
avoid a lot of things that could have harmed me rather than
making me a good nurse.
7. Please give some of the qualifications and the level of
education that someone who is aspiring to be a nurse educator
can have and the ones that you have as a nurse educator?
Anyone who is aspiring by all means to be a nurse educator has
to be hardworking and determined to work round the clock to
achieve the best. Always ensure that as an individual you have

6. been able to identify your strong point so that you can
specialize on it without having any challenge at all. When you
have decided to specialize on something it does not have to be
strenuous for you, but it has to be simple for you to carry it out.
8. Give in details the specific area of specification that you are
dealing with?
I deal with the provision of the best patient care. This is my
area of specialization and this is what I train the nurses to do
while in their interaction with the different patients that they
get into contact with.
9. What are some of the advantages of being a nurse educator?
Some of the privileges that I have had by being a nurse educator
include having a little package of work to do while carrying out
my daily dealing. I have had enough time to be with my family
and to do some of the research that relate with my area of
specialization. Being a nurse educator has helped me to have an
opportunity to do a lot of things pertaining to the improvement
of my career.
10. Give in summary about the teaching philosophy and the
goals that are related to the nursing education and also give
some of the ways of knowing that the student goals are met so
that while in their place of work they can be competent and
dependable at the same time.
You will always know whether you have been able to achieve
the best or go to greater heights when your students are able to
excel in everything that they are doing. It has always been an
agreement between me and my students that after every topic
that I have taught them to give them a test. It is not easy for
them to agree but in the end they all enjoy it. Doing this has
really helped me to achieve the goals and objectives of the
course thus covering the syllabus the way it is required.
11. What are some of the advices can you give to the other
nurses who are really longing and working very hard to be nurse
educators?
It is very satisfying to work hard for the purpose of ensuring
that you nurtured other people. There is nothing good and self-

7. satisfying like training others to be what they have always
longed to be. Hard work, patience and understanding are the
things that will make someone be the best nurse educator. No
one knows where his or her lurk is always but always strive to
excel and be the best.
12. What are some of the personalities do nurses have to
possess?
Taking time to understand and listen to what the patient is
really going through is one of the things that have made me to
be ranked among the best nurses in my line of duty.
Reflection
Taking care of patients is what every nurse would always want
to do, especially in their line of duty. Touching an individual’s
life is the permanent mark that can be left which can never be
forgotten at any given point in time. No one would ever
understand this unless it is made practical. When someone
comes to you and tells you about the impact that you left in
their hearts that is the time that you will really get to
understand that life is very important and that your services are
really needed especially by an individual who is in pain.
I had to interact with literature materials that talk more about
how the nurse educators especially those who train the nurses
on patient care ought to behave. This is really a crucial part
especially when it comes to a healthcare unit because you will
have patients being satisfied depending on the care that you
give to them. Patient care is very important to a patient who is
in pain or who is really suffering because this is what they
really need and yearn for. One of the new trends that have come
up especially when it comes to patient care is ensuring that the
patient is able to learn about the complex health situations
because there is a rise in the cost especially when it comes to
the care of these situations. It is the duty of the nurse educator
to ensure that he or she has been able to teach his or her
students on how they can involve themselves in teaching the
patients about specific health issues. The student will be able to

8. learn how to talk well with his or her patients, how to document
the conversations and how to later make a follow up and ensure
that they have been able to do what they were asked to do.
Technology really plays a very big role when it comes to
healthcare and the way patients are to be treated by the nurses.
This means that the new devices that are being used and present
in the offices and labs require the nurses to be very fluent in
them. The nurse educator has to really be equipped with enough
knowledge on how to deal with such devices so that he or she
can go ahead and train his or her students to use them for the
purpose of ensuring that patient care is done the way it is
required.
Conclusion
The interview interaction that we had took a longer time than
we had expected it to take but it was really enjoying, and I
cannot regret having the interaction because through it I was
able to learn a lot of things. Nurse educators are important
people especially in the life of nurses and patients too. There
are some of the things if not done in the right way might affect
the whole generation (Nguyen et al., 2017). If the nurse
educator is not well equipped with the required knowledge on
how he or she would teach the nurses to conduct their duties
then it means that the nurses would not be competent in any way
and it also means that the patients will not be given the required
services as it is needed (Raymond et al., 2018). When a nurse
educator enjoys the work that he or she does then it means that
he or she will be able to offer the best out of everything.
It was really a very nice experience for me having to learn more
about the humble life and experience of Mary Leaky. It was
really a pleasure and a very great privileged to learn from a
very determined and hardworking woman who enjoys doing her
work and working in her line of duty. How I wish that most of
the nurse educators in the institution could be like her. The
nurse educator was very friendly and very willing to give out
the information that was required of her. This made the
interview to be successful more than it was expected.

9. GUIDELINES
As part of this assignment, you should evaluate your original
philosophy and include a one-page discussion of how your
thoughts and ideas about teaching have changed and developed
during this course. Guidelines for revising your teaching
philosophy and the one-page discussion are below.
Assignment Guidelines
Revised Personal Teaching Philosophy (3) Pages
· Reflect on the teaching principles and practices discussed
during the course.
· What did you learn about teaching that you did not know prior
to this course?
· What stood out as important to you over the past 8 weeks?
· Consider how you might expand, adapt, or change your
original philosophy to your current perspective on teaching (or
you may feel compelled to take it in a completely new
direction).
· Your revised teaching philosophy should:
. Have a clear focus or theme.
. Be authentic and personal.
. Relay who you are (or aspire to be) as a teacher.
. Exhibit genuine enthusiasm for teaching.
. Clearly express your current teaching values and beliefs, and
discuss why you hold those values and beliefs (whether or not
they have changed).
. Describe your current teaching goals (whether or not they have
changed).
. Explain the teaching methods or strategies that you believe are
best (whether or not they are different from your original
philosophy). Note: make sure the teaching methods you find
best are consistent with your goals.

10. . Incorporate any new ideas and/or practices that encourage a
rich teaching and learning experience.
. Be 3 pages, including the evaluation discussion but excluding
title and reference pages; length should suit the context. It
should be typed in Times New Roman using 12-point font and
double-spaced with 1" margins.
. Be well written, using a first person narrative and present
tense.
. Follow APA (6th edition) format.
. Have no any grammatical, typographical, or spelling errors.
Evaluation Discussion of Teaching Philosophy (1 page)
As part of this revised teaching philosophy assignment, you
should include a discussion evaluating how your personal
thoughts and ideas about teaching have changed during this
course.
· After you have revised your personal teaching philosophy,
carefully review your original teaching philosophy that you
submitted during week 1 of this course.
· Compare your original philosophy to your revised teaching
philosophy and evaluate the following in a one-page written
discussion:
. Have your teaching goals, methods, or strategies changed, and
if so, how and why? Have your teaching priorities and/or
perspectives changed or shifted, and if so, how and why?
. Do you value different learning experiences, and if so, what
are they and why?
· Include any additional information that may highlight how
your thoughts and ideas have changed or developed during this
course.
· Include references that you found helpful, insightful, or
meaningful in the development of your philosophy of teaching.
· In addition to the course texts, include at least two outside
sources from peer-reviewed journals to support your ideas.
· Your evaluation discussion should:

11. . Be one page excluding title and reference pages, typed in
Times New Roman using 12-point font, and double-spaced with
1" margins.
. Be well written, using a first person narrative and present
tense.
. Follow APA (6th edition) format.
Running Head: PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING
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I believe that learning occurs when the character of the whole
person (the student) is addressed. My perspective is based on
Martin Buber’s philosophy of education. In this context, the
student learns when the teaching environment fosters
communion rather than total freedom (Schilpp & Friedman.,
1967). This means that the instructor’s educative forces meet
the student’s released instinct in an environment that is
characterized by mutual trust. I believe that the student utilizes

12. the mutual trust to develop himself/herself. In my personal
philosophy, I will focus on understanding the particular unique
of each of my students by affirming their ability to develop
themselves. My approach is not based on changing the students
but allowing the right behaviors and attitudes to thrive in the
most appropriate form.
My goals as an instructor are diverse. I purpose to maintain a
dialogical relationship with the student. However, the teacher
and the student will not act as equals. I also intend to guide and
prepare my students to face every situation that life has to offer
with courage and maturity. Thirdly, I seek to advance both
individuation and community by educating for solidarity. This
will teach my students the basics of preparing for a life in
common. As an instructor, I also envision the characters of
genuinity and integrity that are crucial for my profession. In
this case, I’m focused on delivering my messages or teachings
in the most appropriate form.
I anticipate the use of a number of strategies to accomplish my
teaching goals. At first, whole person education will be
advanced by guiding students to understand their positions and
preparing them to confront various situations with courage and
maturity. For example, a brainstorming technique will be used
to help students identify their dominant positions in selected
issues. In all the cases, I will insist that courage and maturity
are adequate tools for confronting situations. Even when
students encounter new challenging situations, I will make it
clear that courage and maturity are fundamental in confronting
them.
To educate for solidarity, I will use a strategy that brings
together to groups with different points of view and advocating
for a life based on the others’ points of view while not giving
up one’s own view. In this context, I will emphasize that the
most important thing is how one believes and not what one
believes in. For example, a student who believes in the adoption
of gendered schools will not only be allowed to support his
view but also challenged to accept and live by the current state

13. of affairs where boys and girls attend the same schools. This
perspective promotes an open mind in order to explore different
points of view and prepares students for a life in common
(Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, n.d). On the other hand, I
plan to develop my character in a structured process that
follows the guidelines of a selected ethical hero. I will exercise
my character in the classroom in a manner that generates trust
from the students. .Thus my character will nourish trust to
facilitate the teaching process
In conclusion, I believe that addressing the character of the
whole person in the learning process requires the instructor to
develop dialogue and gain the trust of students. At the end, the
student should be able to handle all the situations, even the
most challenging ones. The following paper identifies my
personal goals as an instructor and the strategies that would be
used to achieve them and foster the teaching process. I’m
convinced that my character will play a major role in creating a
favorable environment for trust and dialogue to thrive.
References
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (n.d). Martin Buber
(1878—1965). Retrieved from https://www.iep.utm.edu/buber/
Schilpp, P., & Friedman., M. (1967). The Philosophy of Martin
Buber (12th ed.). La Salle,: The Library of Living Philosophers