Attitudes of nursing students towards the seminar method of teaching

After experiencing problems associated with student-centred teaching methods, the researcher resolved to undertake a study on the attitudes of the student nurses towards the seminar method of teaching. A survey was undertaken among twenty five third and fourth year student nurses. The instrument for collecting data was a questionnaire. From the study it is clear that: negative attitudes exist towards the seminar method of teaching in spite of students' awareness of its contribution to self-directed learning. The majority of student nurses of the basic nursing programme are adolescents who resent any time consuming academic commitment which interferes with their private life. Lack of correlation between teaching methods used at high school and those used at the nursing college leads to poor adjustment to seminar method as a student-centred, independent learning method. Library facilities are inadequate which makes it more difficult and more time consuming for student nurses to find suitable material for preparation of quality presentations.