functions, roles, and characteristics

• 1. Role - a socially expected behavior pattern usually determined by an individual’s status in a particular society.
• 1. Functions - the action for which a person or thing is particularly fitted or employed

  • specialized occupation
  • ssigned duty
• 1. Characters - a distinguishing trait, quality, or property of an individual.
• 1. INSTRUCTIONAL ROLE

  • Planning and organizing course
  • Creating and maintaining good team climate
  • Adapting teaching methods and preparing instructional materials
  • Motivating and challenging
  • Teaching 
• 1. Planning and organizing course

  • Selecting objectives
  • Substantive content
  • Teaching and learning activities
  • Correlating with other course in  curriculum 
• 1. Creating and maintaining a desirable group climate

  • Will encourage and enhance learning
  • Lead to the development of the learner’s self-discipline
• 1. Adapting teaching methods and preparing instructional materials

  • According to the needs, interests, and abilities of an individual.
• 1. Motivating and challenging

  • to pursue and sustain learning objectives
• 1. Teaching

  • Consist of a complex role with activities
• 1. FACULTY ROLE (CCARR)

  • Will depend on the size, control, and complexity of the institution the nurse educator can be:

  1. Chairwoman
  2. Counselor
  3. A public relation agent
  4. Researcher
  5. Resource person
• 1. INDIVIDUAL ROLE

  • The educator functions as a member of:

  1. Family
  2. Church
  3. Community
  4. Individual 
• CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER IN NURSING

  1. PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
  2. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
  3. PERSONAL/DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS
  4. EVAULATION
• 1. Professional - qualified and trained for their assigned line of work.
• 1. Competence - the ability to do something with skill and efficiency.
• • To be professionally competent, you need to be

  1. skills
  2. performance
  3. experience
  4. knowledge
  5. behavior
  6. goals
• Accepting the learners - the teacher should avoid imposing prejudices or standards to students.
• 1. Communicating honestly - the teacher should communicate with the students honestly about the expectations of the students and what their responsibilities are.
• Empathetic listening - the teacher does this by putting him/herself in the students’ shoes and trying to see him through his students’ eyes.
• 1. Charisma - teachers should be able to make students listen. Should be able to treat the lesson as like a big conversation and should know how to keep the conversation going.
• 1. Cheerfulness - to keep the student awake and interested in what the teacher is saying, the teacher must be lively and cheerful.
• 1. Caring attitude - should make students feel they are wanted in their class

  • Teaching practices include:

  1. Mechanics
  2. Methods
  3. Skills in classroom and clinical practice 
• • organized manner.

  1. Self-confidence - the teacher should be confident in his skills. The students will have a hard time trusting the teacher if he or she is not confident
• Sense of humor - keep students awake and interested. The teacher should crack jokes every once in a while.
• 1. Good speaking voice - speak loud and clear in order to be understood by students.
• 1. Willingness to admit error - not afraid to admit mistakes.
• 1. Enthusiasm - should be interested in her own topic in order to spark students’ interest.
• 1. Patience - the teacher should be patient with the students. They should understand people learn differently at different speeds.
• 1. Flexibility - should be able to adjust to using different strategies when teaching.
• professional competence

  • ability to do one's work better or acceptab;e