2005, Number 2
Aptitude for critical reading of theoretical texts about History of Nursing by bachelor nursing students
Blanco-Soto E, Lazo-Javalera F, Matus-Miranda R
Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 77-82
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: During years, it has been accepted an educational conceptualization which does not distinguish between training and teaching, as a matter of fact, the developed knowledge of the student is supposed to be built on the base of memorizing, repetition, and making tasks.Objective: To compare the effect of an educational strategy that promotes the participation in the development of aptitude for critical reading of theoretical texts regarding nursing history, and an educational habitual strategy.
Methodology: Two educational strategies were implemented; the first that promotes participation was implemented in an ex-perimental group of 20 students, and the educational habitual strategy in a control group of 21 students. The intervention consis-ted on classroom and extra classroom activities on the dynamic of debate and discussion. Habitual education was based on didacticism and educational technology. Comprehension and interpretation were evaluated as indicators of aptitude for critical reading through an instrument designed and validated by an ex-pert’s consensus (IC=0.90).
Results: In both groups, the ability to comprehend and interpret theoretical texts is similar on the basal measurement. Right after of the educational strategies, it was observed a raise, discretely toward experimental group. In this group, the proportion of students were distributed within medium, high, and very high grade after intervention. The change expected regarding aptitude for critical reading was significant in 9 students from the experimental group.
Discussion: The obtained results are si-milar to the others studies that showed the strategy’s potentiality which promote the participation and raise on the level of ability for critical reading.
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