... been traditionally thought of: as a planned or structured activity which is designed to increase or improve the student's knowledge of a subject. They believe that the days of the passive teaching-learning relationship are gone and that a teaching definition should include words like enable, facilitate, motivate and promote. The writer has encountered both styles of teaching in her native country and in the UK. Consequently, the writer undertook extensive research into teaching methods and constructed a written teaching plan (reproduced in Appendix One) before the beginning of the session to build upon this. At the outset, it was important to consider the age and background of the student group: ten adult, third-year, receptive student nurses. An andragogical approach would be the most effective for this group. Andragogy as applied to teaching is the art and science of enabling adults to learn (Knowles 1984, cited by McKenna 1995c, Howard 1999a), ...

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