HALLMARKS OF

EFFECTIVE TEACHING
Good teaching is the basic consideration of
effective learning.

Application of teaching principles varies

according to the teacher’s level of
competence as they adjust to different levels
of maturity, background experience, the
objectives and interest of the learners.
Good teaching is the basic consideration of
effective learning.

Application of teaching principles varies

according to the teacher’s level of
competence as they adjust to different levels
of maturity, background experience, the
objectives and interest of the learners.
A good teacher must adjust her teaching
styles to individual differences, help student
integrate learning principles from the
classroom to their related learning
experiences (RLE) or clinical setting and
properly evaluate learning outcomes to
determine if her knowledge and skills are
well understood by her students.
Characteristics of an Effective Teacher in
Nursing
1. Professional competence- refers to the
teachers adherence to personal standard of
excellence and self-development through
continuous education, skills enhancement and
keeping updated with current trends and
issues.

The teacher possesses mastery of the subject

matter in terms of knowledge, skills and values in
order to teach students efficiently and effectively.
Characteristics of an Effective Teacher in
Nursing
2. Interpersonal Relationship with Students-
the teacher’s ability to relate well with
students and her personal interest in the
learners.

Her sensitivity to their feelings and problems,

respects for their rights, and fairness in evaluating
students performance will make learning a
pleasant experience for both teacher and students.
Characteristics of an Effective Teacher in
Nursing
3. Personal characteristics- The teacher’s personal
magnetism motivates student’s interest to learn, her
enthusiasm to teach the subject matter, self-control
and personal discipline of complying with the rules
and standard of teaching.

The teacher is patient in dealing with problems and

conflict in teaching, possesses flexibility in handling
the subject, time schedules and students. Has a
sense of humor to enliven the discussions, to capture
student’s interest and a caring attitude that helps
foster healthy relationship with learners
Characteristics of an Effective Teacher in
Nursing
4. Teaching Practices- This refers to the
teachers ability and skill in utilizing appropriate
methods and techniques in the classroom and
clinical teaching that sustains students’ interest
and desire to learn
Characteristics of an Effective Teacher in
Nursing
5. Evaluation Practices- the teacher have a
clear communication of expectancies, timely
feedback on student’s progress; correcting
tactfully students’ errors, fairness in grading
tests and grades pertinent to the subject matter.
Personal Qualities of an Effective Nurse
Educator
A teacher must have innate qualities that must
possess.

1. Respects her student’s maturity and sense

of responsibility
➢Shows respect to students by coming to class on
time and prepared
➢Speaks politely and gently
➢Avoids useless repetitions of irrelevant topics
when lecturing
Personal Qualities of an Effective Nurse
Educator
2. Psychologically secure in her own abilities
➢Confident with accuracy of her knowledge and
skills
➢Does not minimize, exaggerate or deny her grasp
of the subject matter or her experiences in the
field
➢Does not resort to the identification ,
rationalization or any other obvious defense
mechanism to camouflage any weakness
Personal Qualities of an Effective Nurse
Educator
3. Has a sense of Humor
➢Expresses appropriate emotions with levity when
the same is appropriate to the subject matter
discussed
Personal Qualities of an Effective Nurse
Educator
4. Has a well-balance personality
➢Knows when to laugh or be serious
➢Has the ability to make her teaching truly
meaningful to her students
➢Is enthusiastic in teaching the subject matter
Personal Qualities of an Effective Nurse
Educator
5. Tolerant and fair to all her students
6. Shows no partiality and is available to listen to
students
7. Approachable, kind, and patient
8. Sincere in her efforts of educating the young
and has passion for both nursing and the
learners
9. Has leadership abilities
10. The image of an ideal nurse with interest in
each student.
Professional Qualities of an Effective
Nurse Educator
1. Teaches lessons that stimulate students to
think and learn
➢Presents meaningful and relevant ideas based
on readings, researches, experiences or personal
encounter in nursing situations
➢Is abreast with current trends and issues in
nursing practice
➢Must have a collage of information to serve as
sources of knowledge in teaching students
➢Capable of sharing her own relevant experiences
in the field of nursing
Professional Qualities of an Effective
Nurse Educator
➢Personal and professional experience is
necessary in order for the teacher to covey
messages or transfer these to the learners
➢Intellectually and emotionally expressive
➢Speaks clearly and precisely
➢Speaks the language at the level of the students
understanding
Professional Qualities of an Effective
Nurse Educator
2. Gives clear and concise assignment

➢Assignments are verbally explained for clarity of

instruction and technicalities
➢Assignments are written on the white board for
student reference; their aims and objectives, style
or format, resources and benefits they can give to
the students in terms of knowledge, skills and
values
Professional Qualities of an Effective
Nurse Educator
➢Specific requirements which the paper has to
meet are spelled out simply but completely on the
board
➢Clearly indicates the specific time frame for
completion and submission
Professional Qualities of an Effective
Nurse Educator
3. Encourages student feedback on assigned
lessons and activities done
➢Welcomes students’ questions, clarifications,
reflection, opinions, and input and analyzes them
in the context of the aims and objectives of
prescribed requirements
Professional Qualities of an Effective
Nurse Educator
4. Presents a well-organized subject matter for
students’ easy understanding
➢Content of subject matter must be good and clear
enough for students to see the difference in their
learning behavior from the past and present. In
this way, students can rationalize what was
learned, using the inductive or deductive
approach
➢The nurse educator should prepare prior to class
session the necessary materials needed for
students understanding such as diagrams, charts
or powerpoint presentations
Professional Qualities of an Effective
Nurse Educator
5. Provides her student with relevant clinical
learning experience
➢The teacher must relate concepts with practical
situations for clearer view of the subject matter
➢Facilitates the students’ use of knowledge
acquired in class relative to nursing care of
patients in their related learning experiences
Professional Qualities of an Effective
Nurse Educator
6. Possesses mastery of the subject matter
➢The teacher must have adequate sources of
information such as from journals, books, internet
sources necessary to provide an in-depth
analysis of concepts or events discussed
➢The teacher has knowledge of past, present and
future trends and issues of nursing such as
medical-surgical nursing or maternal and child
nursing and etc.
Professional Qualities of an Effective
Nurse Educator
7. The teacher can speak clearly, audibly and
fluently
➢Has excellent written and oral communication
skills
➢Able to speak English fluently and has broad
vocabulary knowledge
➢Use her voice appropriately and moderately for
audible understanding
Professional Qualities of an Effective
Nurse Educator
8. Professionally well-groomed and properly
dressed and poised
➢Observes proper posture whether standing or
sitting; well-groomed and properly dressed, and
wears clean, shiny shoes
➢Observes proper hygiene, tidy and presentable
and comfortable in her manner of teaching
Professional Qualities of an Effective
Nurse Educator
9. She must have broad interest
➢Besides mastery of the subject matter, the
teacher should also be familiar with the fine arts
and other fields of learning to elicit ability to
connect or relate one subject matter to another.
Professional Qualities of an Effective
Nurse Educator
10. Evaluate objectively student’s performance
➢The teacher has a structured and objective basis
for student performance based on prescribed
criteria and competencies desired for each
course or learning experiences.
Essential Teaching Skills
To efficiently and effectively transfer knowledge and
skills to her learners, the effective teacher must
possess the teaching skills.

1. Lesson planning and preparation skills

2. Lesson presentation
3. Lesson management
4. Classroom climate skills
5. Student performance evaluation
6. Evaluation of teaching performance
7. Practice appropriate authority and discipline
Lesson planning and preparation skills
A nurse educator must be able to formulate goals
and objectives and learning outcomes intended for
the lesson and how best to achieve it such as:

➢Lesson plan has achievable and realistic

objectives using SMART principles
➢Content, methods, and structure selected are
appropriate for a particular group of students
➢The lesson is planned, a continuation of the past
and relates to future lesson
Lesson planning and preparation skills
➢Materials, resources and aids are well-prepared
and double checked before the class begins
➢All planning decisions take into account the
competence level of learners and the course
content
➢The lesson is designed to arouse student interest
and elicit active class participation and
involvement
Lesson Presentation
Lesson presentation refers to the ability of the
teacher to engage students successfully in the
learning experience process or successfully catch
their attention

➢The teacher is confident, relaxed, self-assured,

purposeful and shows interest in the lesson
➢The teachers’ instruction and explanation are
clear
➢The teacher uses simple words during lecture for
better understanding of the lesson
Lesson Presentation
➢A variety of learning activities are used to
stimulate student’s interest
➢Students are actively involved in the lesson and
are given opportunities to organized their own
work
➢The teacher shows respect and encourages
students to voice their opinions, ideas and
feelings that will contribute much to students
critical thinking skills and development
Lesson Management
Management and organization of learning activities
during the class should sustain student’s attention,
interest and involvement in the topic of discussion
➢ class discussion is smooth and sets appositive
process
➢Students’ progress during the lesson is carefully
monitored
➢Constructive and helpful feedback is given to
students to encourage them to study harder in
order to foster personal progress
Lesson Management
➢Uses time management techniques
➢The pace and flow of the lesson is well-adjusted
and maintained at an appropriate level
throughout the lesson
Classroom Climate Skills
➢Establishes and maintains positive attitude and
motivation of students regarding their lesson

➢Climate is purposeful, task-oriented, relaxed, and

with established sense of order

➢Students are encourage to learn with emphasis

on high positive expectations as conveyed by the
teacher
Classroom Climate Skills
➢Teacher-student relationship are largely based
on mutual respect and rapport
➢Feedback of the teacher contributes to students
self-confidence and self esteem
➢Classroom set up is conducive to teaching and
learning such as adequate space, ventilation,
teacher and students are audibly and visibly
connected, with multimedia facilities and away
from public utility distractions
Student Performance Evaluation
➢Evaluation covers both formative (process
evaluation) and summative (outcome evaluation)
responses
➢Students’ work and performance should be
evaluated in a constructive and objective manner
and returned to students for review
➢Encourage students feed back on assessment
➢Keep records of students progress for future
reference
Evaluation of Teaching Performance
➢The teacher evaluates her /his own teaching
practices for further professional improvement
➢Various teaching strategies are used for different
sets of lectures
➢Continuously updates lessons
➢Continuously improves her ways of teaching for
more efficient and affective learning outcomes
➢Manages stress efficiently and effectively
Practices Appropriate Authority and
Discipline
➢Ability to impose discipline in his/her class
➢Able to establish her authority and maintain
classroom order over her students
➢Establishes clear rules and expectations in
regard to student behavior
➢Monitors student behavior and progress carefully
➢Takes appropriate action for misbehaving
students
➢Confrontation are avoided, and skillfully
defused/negotiated
Roles and Functions of the Teacher or
Nurse Educator
➢Instructional roles
➢Faculty roles
➢Individual roles
Instructional Roles
1. Planning and organizing courses
➢Choice of objectives
➢ substantive content
➢Teaching and learning activities for all types of
educational setting
➢Correlating these with other courses in the
curriculum

Ex: Differentiate “needs and problems” of a client

and cite specific examples.
 Instructional Roles
2. Creating and maintaining desirable group
climate.

➢This is essential in creating a classroom climate

conducive to effective teaching and learning

Ex: For each RLE group discuss and differentiate

between client needs and problems
 Instructional Roles
3. Adapting teaching and preparation of
instructional materials to varying interests,
needs and abilities of students.

➢This addresses the issue of individual differences

and levels of student understanding

Ex: Present video, slides or powerpoint depicting a

client with needs and problems
 Instructional Roles
4. Motivating and challenging students to
pursue and to sustain learning activities.
➢This should lead them towards acceptance of
responsibility for their own learning and foster
critical thinking in analyzing nursing situations

Ex: Each RLE group presents their own

interpretation and analysis of a certain film and
reconcile with the teachers presentation of clients’
needs and problems
 Instructional Roles
5. Teaching involves a series of complex
activities
➢Supplying needed information or telling students
where these information may be obtained
➢Explaining, clarifying, and interpreting the subject
matter
➢Demonstrating and explaining a procedure,
process or exhibiting materials
➢Serving as resource person for group projects or to
individual students
 Instructional Roles
➢Supervising student’s performance in the
classroom, laboratory in their RLE and other
settings where students may acquire knowledge,
skills and desired professional values
➢Evaluating all the planned teaching and learning
activities and student outcomes related to courses
assigned
 Instructional Roles
➢Supervising student’s performance in the
classroom, laboratory in their RLE and other
settings where students may acquire knowledge,
skills and desired professional values
➢Evaluating all the planned teaching and learning
activities and student outcomes related to courses
assigned
Faculty Roles
➢Chairman, secretary, or member of a committee
➢Counselor to academic and non-academic
matters of students
➢Researcher or member of a research team
➢Resource person inside or outside the institution
or other schools or health agencies
➢Representative to professional nursing
organizations
➢As a public relation agent, interprets the
objectives and policies of her institutions
Individual Roles
➢Family
➢Church
➢Community
➢Country as a citizen