Assessment of teaching strategies used by lecturers at the College of Nursing and Midwifery, Yola, Adamawa State

Abstract

Background: The need for utilization of various teaching strategies by lecturers when facilitating learning cannot be overemphasized. Teaching strategy refers to methods used to help students learn the desired course contents and be able to develop achievable goals in the future. In other words, teaching techniques are teacher's activities in the class to involve students in the subject matter, and requires that students participate in learning activities, share equally with other learners, and react to the learning experience. This study assessed the teaching strategies of nurse educators in a College of Nursing and Midwifery.

Methods/Result: Data for the research was collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data was gathered with the consolidated questionnaire while the secondary data was collected through literature review. The instrument was administered to the participants within a period of two weeks. Descriptive statistics was used to summarize the data regarding the type of teaching strategies used. Two null hypotheses were set and tested using cumulative frequency. The data revealed that the teaching strategies mostly utilized were teacher-centered namely, Lectures 18 (60%) and Discussions 11 (36.6%). The majority of the respondents 16 (53.3%) were utilizing whiteboard as teaching aid at the expense of CD/discs and Video/DVDs.

Conclusion: Various teaching strategies have been used to facilitate learning in learners at the place of study. However, they were not utilized to the full extent. Teacher-centred teaching strategies have been found to be so commonly used by lecturers in our school. If the lecture teaching strategy is combined with other teaching strategies, the outcome might yield more effective learning among nursing students.

Key words: Teaching strategies; Lecturers; students; Teacher-centred teaching