Burnett, R. W. (1952). Review of Guiding Learning Experience. [Review of the book Guiding Learning Experience. M. B. Muse]. Journal of Educational Psychology, 43(4), 250-253.
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Reviews the book, "Guiding Learning Experience" (1950), by Maude B. Muse. Early schools of nursing operated from a line of authority basis. The autocratic and militaristic administration of such schools was matched by an equally autocratic curriculum for the nurses in training. Although modern schools of nursing have been as influenced by philosophical and psychological writings as have other professional schools, there are still practices in these that are a legacy from the past and that are contra-indicated by research findings and acceptable psychological and educational theory. Subtitled "Principles of Progressive Education Applied to Nursing Education," this volume should help dislodge such discredited practices by aiding nursing educators to develop consistent viewpoints based upon empirical data and modern theory and, therefore, to instruct with greater effectiveness. The volume is organized into four units. The first develops a philosophical frame of reference. Unit II further develops the concepts of experimentalism and the principles that underlie educative experience as seen by the pragmatists. Unit III considers the problems of modifying and developing teaching practice to bring it in line with acceptable educational philosophy and modern concepts of learning theory. The final unit consists of two chapters devoted to principles of organization of learning materials and activities. The reviewer feels that, if nursing educators in training can be stimulated to study this volume, to engage in a serious checking of a reasonable amount of the references cited, and to cogitate the potential meanings developed, they should profit greatly. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)