What is the Bevis-Watson paradigm for nursing education?
“Learning is not a spectator sport” is what Em Bevis said. Students must be involved to learn and retain a certain body of knowledge. Bevis and Jean Watson start out with the belief that caring is the essence of nursing and that the socialization of students in the caring model is imperative. This is done through the selection of learning activities focused on content, skills and caring. Using this model, students have input into their own learning. It becomes participatory learning, teacher to student and student to student. The paradigm is best described in the book Toward a Caring Curriculum: A New Pedagogy for Nursing, written by Em Bevis, MA, RN, FAAN, and Jean Watson, Ph.D., RN, FAAN. What’s ahead for the NLN? No one in nursing will have an easy road. The NLN, fortunately, is in a good position and financially stable. Fewer nurses have been choosing nursing academics as a career choice. We’ve put energy into advanced practice and clinical specialist programs and lost the emphasis
“Learning is not a spectator sport” is what Em Bevis said. Students must be involved to learn and retain a certain body of knowledge. Bevis and Jean Watson start out with the belief that caring is the essence of nursing and that the socialization of students in the caring model is imperative. This is done through the selection of learning activities focused on content, skills and caring. Using this model, students have input into their own learning. It becomes participatory learning, teacher to student and student to student. The paradigm is best described in the book Toward a Caring Curriculum: A New Pedagogy for Nursing, written by Em Bevis, MA, RN, FAAN, and Jean Watson, Ph.D., RN, FAAN. What’s ahead for the NLN? No one in nursing will have an easy road. The NLN, fortunately, is in a good position and financially stable. Fewer nurses have been choosing nursing academics as a career choice. We’ve put energy into advanced practice and clinical specialist programs and lost the emphasis
