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The self in self-awareness.

¹Mental Health Nursing, Middlesex University, School of Health, Biological & Environmental Sciences, London. s.cook@mdx.ac.uk

Journal of Advanced Nursing

|June 3, 1999

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This study critically appraises experiential learning for promoting self-awareness in nursing education. It questions the effectiveness of common strategies and calls for a more rigorous evaluation of their impact on student understanding and theoretical depth.

Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Educational Psychology

Background:

The concepts of 'self' and 'person' are fundamental to education and therapy.
Self-awareness has become an explicit focus in preregistration nursing education.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the emergence of self-awareness as a key educational objective in nursing.
To critically evaluate claims regarding the efficacy of experiential learning strategies for fostering self-awareness in nursing students.
To challenge the unproblematic acceptance of certain pedagogical approaches in nursing literature.

Main Methods:

Critical analysis of existing literature on self-awareness and experiential learning in nursing.
Examination of the historical and philosophical underpinnings of 'self' and 'person' concepts.

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Questioning of assumptions regarding the impact of experiential learning on theoretical understanding.

Main Results:

The study identifies a complex history of 'self' and 'person' concepts, rendering current approaches potentially problematic.
Evidence supporting the superiority of specific experiential learning strategies for enhancing self-awareness in nursing students is questioned.
The link between experiential learning, deeper theoretical understanding, and enhanced meaning in nursing education is critically assessed.

Conclusions:

The uncritical adoption of experiential learning strategies for self-awareness in nursing education is untenable.
A more rigorous and critical appraisal of these pedagogical methods is necessary.
Further research is needed to validate the effectiveness of experiential learning in developing nursing students' self-awareness and theoretical comprehension.