Seminar agenda

The Doctor of Philosophy Program in Nursing

Faculty of Nursing Khon Kaen University

Course Code and Title: NU 949 712 Theory Construction

and Development of Nursing

Topic: Unit 2. Strategies for theory development:

Statement development

Time and Place: 14 Jan 2020 (Time: 13.00 am – 16.00 pm)

rd
Room 1305 (Building 1 Floor 3 ) Faculty of
Nursing

Advisor: Associate Professor Dr. Somporn Rungreungkolkij

Seminar convener: Mrs.Dasavanh Bounmany

Seminar participant:
1. Miss. Napachanok Raksaken
2. Miss.Sawitree Sommongkol
3. Mr Muhamad Zulfatul Ala (Ala)

Objective: After finishing this topic the students are able to:
 1. Critically analyses relationship between theory
development and statement development
2. Critically analyses of statement Derivation.
3. Critically analyses of statement Synthesis.
4. Critically analyses of statement Analysis.

Topic Content:
1. The relationship between theory development and
statement development
1.1 Theory development
1.2 Components of a Theory
1.3 The Process of theory development

2. The statement Derivation.

2.1 Definition and Description
2.2 Purposes and uses
2.3 Procedure for statement Derivation
2.4 Application of statement Derivation to nursing
2.5 Advantage and limitation
2.6 Utilizing the result of statement Derivation
3. The statement Synthesis.
3.1 Definition and Description
3.2 Purposes and uses
3.3 Procedure for statement Synthesis
3.4 Advantage and limitation
 3.5 Utilizing the result of statement Synthesis
4. The statement Analysis.
4.1 Definition and Description
4.2 Purposes and uses
4.3 Step in statement Analysis
4.4 Advantage and limitation
4.5 Utilizing the result of statement Analysis

Seminar Questions
1. What is the relationship between theory development
and statement development?
2. How does the components of a theory and the Process
of theory development?
3. What is the statement Derivation?
4. How does the Procedure and Application of statement
Derivation?
5. What is the Advantage and limitation of statement
Derivation?
6. How we Utilizing the result of statement Derivation?
7. What is the statement Synthesis?
8. How does the Procedure of statement Synthesis?
9. What is the Advantage and limitation statement
Synthesis?
10. How we Utilizing the result of statement Synthesis?
11. What is the statement Analysis and Step in
statement Analysis?
 12. What is the Advantage and limitation of statement
Analysis?
13. How we Utilizing the result of statement Analysis?
Seminar procedures
1. The seminar convener identifies agenda of the study
including topics, search questions, objectives and scope of
the seminar.
2. The convener call for meetings with class members and
explore on relevancies or differences of the seminar agenda.
Then assigns each to have contributions on the progress and
completion of the seminar, such as explore some specific
contents, present them to the meetings, and etc.
3. The convener set up the meeting to present baseline
contents which are related to answer all search issues and
agenda and requests all class members to react on those to
complete content availability. .
4. The convener presents framework or the “how to” of
analysis on each of the agenda to the meeting and requests
class members to react or to propose alternative of analysis
framework. Then make a wrap up according to the agenda. .
5. The convener make a report of all those finding and
summary of the meetings as “an input paper” for the
seminar with teacher/s.
6. The convener organizes the seminar by presenting an input
paper while class members join in to add on some of the
comments and further analysis issues.
7. The teacher make comments and further guidance based
on the input paper and some critical comments of the class
members and the convener.

Evaluation
1. The convener should do performance evaluation of other
class members right after the final seminar with teacher is
completed.
2. The class members should also make performance
evaluation on the convener and other class members,
according to their roles and functions during all activities of
this topic.
(An evaluation form could be retrieved from the course
director.)

Reference:
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Strategies for Theory Construction in Nursing (4th ed.).
Nursing Science Quarterly, 19(2), 174–180.
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Masipa, A. L. (1996). Nursing theory development. Curationis,
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Meleis, A. I. (2018). Theoretical nursing: Development and
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Walker, L.O. and Avant, K.C. (2011). Strategies for Theory
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Norwalk, Connecticut: Appleton & Lange.
Wills, M. M. & E. M. (2014). THEORETICAL BASIS For Nursing
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