Reflections of nursing students, lecturers and clinical supervisors in the Western Cape on large classes
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Date
2014
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Unisa Press
Abstract
Nursing education in the Western Cape responded to the South African higher education
transformation agenda by establishing a Common Teaching Platform (CTP) for the
delivery of the undergraduate nursing programme. Three universities in the region have
collaborated since 2005 in the delivery of this programme. One of the universities was
identified as the enrolling institution. During this period, the province experienced a
shortage of nursing personnel. In response to this shortage and to transformation in the
country, there was an increase in the enrolment target for the undergraduate programme
offered by the three collaborating universities. Five years after the establishment of the
CTP and the increased student intake, there was a need to explore the experiences
of the lecturers, clinical supervisors and students regarding teaching and learning in
large classes. In this article, the experiences of nursing students, clinical supervisors, and lecturers are shared and suggestions from the target groups are presented.
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Bachelor of Nursing, Large classes, Lecturers, Programme delivery, Students, Undergraduate
Citation
Fakude, L.P. et al. (2014). Reflections of nursing students, lecturers and clinical supervisors in the Western Cape on large classes. South African Journal of Higher Education, 28(6): 1762-1775