The goal of educating students is to prepare them for their employment and having to apply what they have learned in school. It is also that the students will be able to adapt and apply what they have learned to a variety of situations.
Monir,
Most certainly. We can assist with learning the foundation that can launch them into a better paying job, sustained employment, and satisfaction that their educational efforts paid off.
Barry Westling
The goal is having better and flexible life. With education students can have a career and grow in it.
Seth,
I'm a big believer in stories. Students like them, they help illustrate a point, are usually interesting, and students seem to retain the point because they remember the story.
Barry Westling
The goal is to prepare students for working in a career. Sharing knowledge and stories help the students understand the information through examples in application.
Matthew,
Of course, skills and knowledge are the minimum outcome we should be providing. Communication and critical thinking are value added attributes that can only help students in the work setting, so if possible, adding these where we can is helpful.
Barry Westling
jason,
I always try to figure out what makes for success, and I've discovered that communication, reasoning and critical thinking, and professionalism are as important as the technical skills.
Barry Westling
prepare students for the work plase and to be succesful in their field
Pauletta,
Boy, if we could attain that for every student, we'd be doing good. One reason this doesn't happen is some graduates have work problems, not related to their technical abilities, but more related to compliance (i.e., attendance, punctuality, following company policies, etc.). The more we can add the importance of these performance attributes in school, we'll be helping success occur more often.
Barry Westling
The goal of educating students is to provide them with the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to be successful in their careers.
Fredrik,
Right. We want employed individuals as the result of our efforts. Other important traits we can provide if possible are good communication and writing, critical thinking, and professionalism.
Barry Westling
Jessica,
Yes, at a minimum. I also think good writing and communication is important, as is critical thinking, and professionalism and courtesy. With these and the KSA's you describe, students should be adequately prepared.
Barry Westling
Jean,
It's interesting, as educators, we really never know what is going to trigger something in a student that catches their interest, and may contribute to a whole career emphasis or interest. That's why I believe strongly in the exercise of trying to expand the experiences students receive. The results can be amazing.
Barry Westling
The goals of education is to prepare students for the real life work place. Knowledge, skills behaviors etc.
The goal of educating students is to give them knowledge that they can use effective in their new career. This includes hands on and didactic knowledge.
Thanks, we're taking advantage of the other disciplines and ancillary departments in our facilities. They are quite willing to share their knowlledge and expertise with the nursing students.
Jean,
I understand. My students need 1000 hours of clinical in addition to the 1700 hours of academics. Don't want to beat a dead horse, but I can tell you that in addition to the competencies and proficiency testing we do in clinical, and the practical experience working patients, I'll still take students to visit Central Supply, admitting office, biomedical. Some students have commented they really appreciated getting a more comprehensive view of "behind the scenes" goings on. I know these students would normally not get this exposure, but I try to make their experiences as meaningful as possible.
Barry Westling
They receive all of the above in clinical practice labs and in the actual clinical setting, where so many practicum hours are mandatory. A lot of critical decisions are made in this area, both by student and instructor. The decision if health care is the right career for a student is usually made in the clinical setting, by one or both.
