A new chairperson of the nursing department has been appointed and plans to institute new programs for faculty development with a focus on innovative teaching strategies. According to Lewin, which is the first step in initiating this plan?
1. Ask staff to assist in the development of a plan for implementing new teaching strategies.
2. Include the staff in actively participating in the identification of problems related to teaching strategies.
3. Implement interventions to improve the teaching strategies currently used.
4. Reinforce the efforts of faculty as they begin to use new teaching strategies.
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Explanation: 1. The first step is to unfreeze the existing equilibrium by asking staff to become a part of the
process of change, particularly in the first phase. 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. Implementing interventions is incorrect because interventions cannot be made until
the problem has been identified and a plan has been developed. Reinforcing the efforts of
faculty is incorrect because reinforcement of new patterns of behavior is the last phase of
change.
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