A poster presentation as an evaluation method to facilitate reflective thinking skills in nursing education.

Full Abstract

This article seeks to establish whether the poster presentation of a specific theme can facilitate the student's thinking skills in nursing education. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design where twenty students volunteered to take part in the study by signing an informed consent was followed. Descriptive naïve sketches were used for data collection followed by individual interviews to validate the findings. Data was analysed by means of the descriptive method of open coding of Tesch (in Creswell, 1994:155). DENOSA's ethical standards for research (1998:7) were considered. The findings indicated both positive and negative perceptions. The positive perceptions were:
a poster presentation as an evaluation method facilitates creative, critical and reflective thinking skills; group work facilitates student participation; it facilitates problem solving skills; it increases the student's independence and a sense of ownership; and the evaluation is fair. The negative perceptions were that there was a lack of clarity on the student's expectations and that group activity is difficult. Trustworthiness was maintained in accordance with Lincoln and Guba's principles (1985:290-327). It is concluded that a poster presentation, used effectively as an evaluation method, can facilitate the learner's critical and reflective thinking skills. It is recommended that other learner-centred methods of assessment and evaluation be researched for their effective use in facilitating the higher order thinking skills of learners.

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Author information

Author/s: Chabeli, M M (MM);

Affiliation: Nursing Science Department, RAU.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Curationis (Curationis), published in South Africa. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Aug; vol 25 (issue 3) : pp 10-8

Dates: Created 2002/11/18; Completed 2002/12/09; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 12434633, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Attitude of Health Personnel
Audiovisual Aids - standards
Clinical Competence - standards
Creativeness
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - methods
Educational Measurement - methods
Group Processes
Guidelines as Topic

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