construction a framework and relevant evaluation items of the teaching ability for nursing teachers in colleges or universities / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To construct a framework and relevant evaluation items of the teaching ability for nursing teachers in colleges or universities.Methods The research was carried out by a variety of means such as theory analysis,literature study,expert consultation,etc,to explore behavior items that could be used to evaluate the teaching ability for nursing teachers in colleges or universities.A questionnaire was formed and a survey was conducted in a total of 194 nursing teachers from ten colleges or universities across the whole nation.Then,factor analysis was performed to build the relevant evaluation items for teaching ability of full-time nursing teacher.Cronbach's α and Spearman correlation were used to test the reliability and validity.Results The relevant evaluation items of teaching ability for nursing teachers contained 31 behavior items from six domains,which were teaching research ability,emotional teaching ability,expressing ability,self-examination ability,integration ability,and organizing ability.Cronbach's α of the total system was up to 0.913 0,Cronbach's α of each domain ranged from 0.681 0 to 0.815 8.Every factor had positive correlation with the totality,and the correlation coefficient of every item with its affiliated factor was greater than other factors.Conclusions The relevant evaluation questionnaire of teaching ability for nursing teachers has excellent reliability and validity.It can provide reference standard to directing admission,training,and teaching evaluation for nursing teachers.