This text offers nurse educators a comprehensive conceptual and practical introduction to student-centered pedagogies and their classroom and clinical applications. The book examines the complexities of teaching and learning nursing, explains the theoretical foundations of student-centered learning, describes various methods and models for student-centered learning in nursing, and explores the issues and challenges of constructing nursing curricula and implementing student-centered pedagogies. Practical examples of learning activities are presented throughout the book in chapter boxes. "Doody's Core Titles™ 2009."