Instructional Design and Achievement Test Construction in 21st Century in Theoretical subjects in the Field of Nursing Education

Abstract

At present, there is an increasing number of nursing education institutions in Thailand as well as more nurses from practice field moving to work in academic field. Due to the teaching and learning in the nursing program, teachers need to have knowledge in education as well, with the belief that teaching and learning design is effective only therefore, it will help develop learners in achieving effective learning outcomes. Importantly, in the teaching and learning process, the teacher not only has to maintain the standard of the course, but also has to adjust the teaching process to be in accordance with the characteristics of the students. Therefore, in order to manage the teaching and learning in the nursing program with efficiency and effectiveness, the author wrote this article. This article focuses on the method of teaching and learning design, the planning of creating the nursing education examination in theoretical subjects for the faculty in the Nursing Education field, the writing of learning objectives, and correctly defining words used to measure in accordance with behavioral objectives, which are all important and are related to the teaching plan and proposed teaching methods. Apart from that, this article proposes teaching methods relevant to nursing students in the 21st century or generation Z nursing student, and the content in creating the standardized professional achievement test are also presented through examples of blueprint analysis, issuing exams for readers to better understand.