Abstract

The scholarship of teaching includes the ability to explore the most effective means of meeting the learning needs of students (Boyer, 1990). For this quantitative study, the research question proposed considered a relationship between nursing faculty dominant teaching perspectives and nursing student's perception of the classroom environment. A total of 12 nursing faculty responded to a demographic questionnaire as well as the Teaching Perspective Inventory (TPI) to determine personal dominant teaching perspectives. Overall, 422 nursing students from four regional public university campuses in the Midwest completed a demographic questionnaire and the College and University Classroom Environment Inventory (CUCEI) to determine the student's perception of the classroom environment. Through the use of a hierarchical linear model of data analysis, the results of the study noted that there was a statistically significant relationship between the transmission and development teaching perspectives and the nursing students' perception of the classroom environment. Further significance was noted between older nursing faculty, accelerated BSN track, master's degree in nursing education, and obtaining a previous degree prior to nursing in relationship to student's perception of the classroom environment.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3646842; ProQuest document ID: 1637726719. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Cindy L. Farris, PhD, MSN, MPH, BSN, CNE

Sigma Membership

Mu Phi at-Large

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Nursing Faculty, Teaching Perspectives, Learning Environment

Advisor

Jeanette Hartshorn

Second Advisor

JoBeth Pilcher

Third Advisor

Shu-Li Chen

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Capella University

Degree Year

2014

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None: Degree-based Submission

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