Pedagogy as influencing nursing students’ essentialized understanding of culture

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dc.contributor.authorGregory, David M.
dc.contributor.authorHarrowing, Jean N.
dc.contributor.authorLee, Bonnie K.
dc.contributor.authorDoolittle, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Patrick S.
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-11T02:43:45Z
dc.date.available2010-08-11T02:43:45Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionSherpa Romeo yellow journal. Permission to deposit published version.
dc.description.abstractIn this qualitative study, we explored how students understood “culture.” Participants defined culture and wrote narratives regarding specific cultural encounters. The sample comprised both nursing (n=14) and non-nursing (n=8) students to allow for comparison groups. Content analysis of the narratives revealed two broad paradigms of cultural understanding: essentialist and constructivist. Essentialist narratives comprised four themes: determinism (culture defied individual resistance); relativism (the possibility of making value judgments disappeared); Othering (culture was equated to exotica, and emphasized difference); and reductionism (personhood was eclipsed by culture). In contrast, the constructivist narratives were characterized by influence (non-determinism); dynamism (culture was dynamic and evolutionary); and relationship-building. The unintended negative consequences of essentialist notions of culture were revealed in the nursing students’ narratives. Pedagogy is implicated in nursing students’ essentialized understanding of culture.en
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Lethbridge Research Funden
dc.identifier.citationGregory, D., Harrowing, J., Lee, B., Doolittle, L., & O'Sullivan, P. S. (2010). Pedagogy as influencing nursing students’ essentialized understanding of culture. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship 7(1), Article 30. doi: 10.2202/1548-923X.2025en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/1254
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Nursing Education Scholarshipen
dc.publisher.doi10.2202/1548-923X.2025
dc.publisher.facultyHealth Sciencesen
dc.publisher.facultyFine Artsen
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen
dc.subjectEssentialisten
dc.subjectCultureen
dc.subjectNursing studentsen
dc.subjectPedagogyen
dc.titlePedagogy as influencing nursing students’ essentialized understanding of cultureen
dc.typeArticleen
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