Graduate Students “Meet” Cinematic Leaders - Abstract
Learning human behaviour and response in a variety of situations is often difficult. A review of the literature reveals that nursing education is strongly based on traditional teaching methods and indicates the need to incorporate new ways of teaching - learning and evaluation methods. The use of aesthetic experiences in nursing education provides the students with vivid portrayals of peoples’ thoughts, emotions, feelings and human interactions. This paper highlights a creative approach describing the process, outcomes and students’ experiences by utilizing movies for the final project for a managerial/leadership course in the graduate nursing program. The use of popular movies was found to be an effective, affective and cognitive learning assessment tool, helping to facilitate leadership theories through the analysis process and create tangible experiences for the graduate students. Utilizing movies to teach and evaluate both undergraduate and graduate students is a creative way to engage students in the teaching-learning process.