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The shaping of midwifery education in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Abstract:

This paper reviews approaches to midwifery education from the 1900s to 2013. During this time, education has been influenced by various factors such as: midwifery registration, perinatal mortality rates, pain relief and technology for childbirth, educational theory, the consumer movement, midwifery autonomy and economic imperatives. The various factors have not only influenced what has been taught in midwifery education but how it has been taught (the pedagogical approach). Uncovering what has shaped the pedagogy assists in understanding assumptions about the way midwives are educated and opens the potential to consider new pedagogical approaches, such as narrative pedagogy.

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midwifery education, narrative pedagogy., Pedagogy