1. Can you use these techniques with large classes?
Yes. You may have to limit the actual in class sharing but that is where technology can play a big part in helping students learning theory. Use a bulletin board for discussions and incorporate student participation into their grade for maximum participation.

2. How many theorists (mid-range and grand) do you like to expose your students to and what is the most effective way for students to "get to know" a respectable number of theorists?
We included in the book the minimum number of theorist that we think students need to be introduced to and we listed in the Teaching Strategies some of the most effective ways we have found to teach theory. Let us hear about your strategies that work!

3. How do you get the students to link theory with their practice?
Create examples preferably based on actual experiences with patients. Many times, students taking a beginning theory course may have had limited exposure to nursing but if at all possible have them think of patients in their past and how they would have approached/delivered care based on the concepts and beliefs included in the various theories.

4. How do you get students to value theory?
You have to get them to see relevance to get them to value theory. They have to see that the theory can help them improve the care they give. That is must easier for the middle range theories. But again, I think it comes from having them select a patient situation and re create it using a theory with a better outcome.

5. Do you ask students to post presentations on the web so other students will enjoy viewing them?
Yes, in every course I teach, students post some information to the web for their classmates to view. Presentations (usually in Power Point) are always posted on my class websites were students can evaluate each other's works in privacy and in their own time. I am amazed at how many students are on line posting at 2 am but asynchronous opportunities are very well received by students.

6. How do you spark the interest of other students in theorists they are not actually presenting themselves?
Each student is graded on an evaluation they do on the presentation of their classmates so they have to attend the presentation and pay attention. I have found their interest is directly related to the amount of reward they are given.