Abstract
Project objectives:
- To equip the recruited postgraduate students with the skills to develop and prepare appropriate teaching materials in a Master course;
- To enhance the recruited students’ self-development and support the provision of quality teaching;
- To develop micro-modules that will enhance Master students’ understanding of South Asian culture and raise awareness of areas of concern during the provision of care.
Activities, process and outcomes:
- The recruited postgraduate students will take the lead and cooperate with one another to develop micro-modules involving scenarios that cover common cultural issues and culturally sensitive measures that could be adopted;
- The Master students of the course will watch the video clips before attending the lecture and will be asked to apply the knowledge gained to the provided health promotion examples and to identify the culturally sensitive issues and measures;
- The Master students’ cultural sensitivity and satisfaction will be assessed after using the micro-modules.
Dissemination and sustainability:
- The teaching materials will be reused for the same course in the future.
- The recruited postgraduate students’ learning experiences during the development of teaching materials and engagement in teaching will be shared at a local or international conference.
Brief write-up
Project objectives
The objectives are to 1) equip the postgraduate students with the skills to develop and prepare appropriate teaching materials; 2) enhance their self-development and develop their collaboration and cooperation skills, 3) develop the recruited South Asian postgraduate student’s leadership skills, and 4) develop micro-modules to enhance Master students’ understanding of South Asians’ culture and raise awareness of areas of concern during the provision of care.
Activities, process and outcomes
Five postgraduate students helped in developing the micro-modules. The micro-modules were implemented in the Master of Nursing year 1 course to assist the implementation of a flipped classroom. This assisted the students with their learning and guided their preparation for next lecture. Self-reflection of the experience was made by the postgraduate students. All agreed that they learned how to work together effectively and how to develop quality teaching materials. For the Master of Nursing students, a satisfaction survey was used to collect their opinions and they agreed that they were satisfied with the micro-modules.
Deliverables and evaluation
Four micro-modules (scenario-based video-clips) were developed. Self-reflection of the postgraduate students regarding the experience was done. The course students’ cultural sensitivity and satisfaction with the micro-modules were explored.
Dissemination, diffusion, impact and sharing of good practices
The process and outcome of engaging postgraduate students as partner in teaching development was disseminated in international conference.
Impact on teaching and learning
This project impacted the teaching practice of teacher that a combination of teaching methods and materials should be adopted to enhance students’ active and self-directed learning. Engaging postgraduate students in developing quality teaching materials and participation in teaching will be adopted in other class teaching.
