Paper: The Perceptions of How Critical Thinking is Embedded in Taiwanese Nursing Students' Study (Sigma Theta Tau International's 21st International Nursing Research Congress)

Thursday, 15 July 2010: 8:30 AM

Li-Chiu Lin, MSN, RN
Department of Nursing, Kang-Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management, Taipei, Taiwan
Yung-Yu Su, PhD
Graduate Institute of Health Care, Meiho Institute of Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
Patrick Crookes, PhD, BSc, (Nursing), RGN, RN, RNT, CertEd
Faculty of Health & Behavioural Science, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Indigenous Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Kumiyo Inoue-Walsh, PhD
School of Nursing, Midwifery & Indigenous Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

Learning Objective 1: discussing the ideas of those who advocate its teaching and learning, concerning the roles of both teachers and students during the learning processes

Learning Objective 2: attempts to discuss the ideas of those who advocate its teaching and learning, concerning the roles of students during the learning processes

It had been reviewed with previous experiments in bringing critical thinking and its influence on teaching to Asian education and recognizing the needs barriers to achieving change based on the issue of cultural differences between Asia and the West. It is because the educational methods of rote learning, particularly, are commonly used in Asian countries including Taiwan.

The aim of this study is to recognize the following: (1) to identify perceptions of instruction in critical thinking and its aspect of the development within Taiwanese students by way of the course of professional nursing ethics in a five-year college programG(2) attempts to discuss the ideas of those who advocate its teaching and learning, concerning the roles of students during the learning processes; (3) discussing relevant issues to approaches students’ learning.

This study was cooperated with two hundred third year students in a five-year college program who attend the course of professional nursing ethics were selected as study samples. Data were collected by using an opened questionnaire which combines with contain analysis were applied with students’ consent to achieve the target of this study.

The results of this study not only indicated that students need direct instruction in critical thinking in the beginning of learning, but also displayed students’ learning style of rote learning in Taiwan. In order to ensure appropriate teaching styles which were related to assist students’ learning, this study also provided several useful recommendations for teachers and to assist their prospective students.

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