Like all group assignments, sometimes you cannot connect with an assigned partner and this makes it difficult to complete an assignment. As I was unable to connect with my assigned partner, I contacted my Instructor who directed me to make a post on any topic in adult education instead. As I have not yet posted on “Feminist Pedagogy”, and its impact on Nursing education, I thought this would be a great topic.
Nursing has historically been a mainly female based occupation. In the last few years there are increasing numbers of male and non gender specific people becoming registered as nurses. The Canadian Nurses Association website, notes a 32% increase in male nurses from 2017 – 2018 (https://www.cna-aiic.ca/en/nursing-practice/the-practice-of-nursing/health-human-resources/nursing-statistics). While CIHI references a 5 year increase in male nurses of 17% compared to slightly more than 5% of female nurses in this same timeframe (https://www.cihi.ca/en/nursing-in-canada-2018)
Feminist pedagogy focuses on bringing attention to inequity in several areas such as politics, economics and society. It doesn’t so much focus on the individual person, but on the whole. Nursing education does follow these principals in general – students are frequently encouraged to consider ways to aid in bettering the lives of their patients and contemplate the social determinants of health, however generally this is for women and marginalized groups. It would be interesting to consider how flipping this conversation and placing a focus on men’s health and how in this field they are often the marginalized group could be.
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