The new chairperson of the nursing department has determined that the faculty's teaching is stagnant and outmoded. The chairperson would like to encourage the faculty to adopt more innovative teaching strategies
According to Lewin, what is the first step in initiating this plan? 1. Bring an expert on innovative teaching strategies to campus for a meeting with faculty.
2. Include the staff in identifying problems related to teaching strategies.
3. Ask staff to assist in the development of a plan for implementing new teaching strategies.
4. Implement interventions to improve the teaching strategies currently used.
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Rationale 1: Bringing in an expert to talk to the faculty would be ineffective until the faculty is beginning to "unfreeze" their current beliefs about teaching. Introducing an expert at this time might do more harm than good.
Rationale 2: The first step is to unfreeze the existing equilibrium by asking staff to become part of the process of change, particularly in the first phase.
Rationale 3: Asking the staff to assist in developing a plan is incorrect because the planning part of the process occurs after the problem areas have been identified.
Rationale 4: The faculty will likely not be receptive to new strategies until they have identified a need to change.
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