Effects of PBL teaching method on classroom atmosphere of basic nursing course

Abstract

Objective To explore the effects of PBL teaching method on classroom atmosphere of basic nursing course.Methods Two classes of nursing sophomore were enrolled and were divided two groups,60 as PBL group and other 60 as traditional group.Students in two groups were evaluated by questionnaire of classroom atmosphere.Data were statistically analyzed through t-test,P＜0.05 standing for statistical significances.Results There were statistical differences in classroom atmosphere between two groups (P ＜ 0.05) ; class democracy,elicitation in teaching and student cooperation in PBL group were significantly better than those of traditional mode (P ＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference in learning autonomy between the two groups (P ＞0.05).Conclusions PBL teaching is conductive to stimulating students' learning potentials,culturing their cooperative learning,raising the efficiency of classroom learning and improving the classroom atmosphere.But learning autonomy of students needs to be further improved. Key words: problem-based learning; Basic nursing; Classroom atmosphere