Announcing the 2nd Edition of: "Foundations of Caring Science Pedagogy and
Curriculum Development"
Enrollment is now open for the second edition of Foundations of Caring Science Pedagogy and Curriculum Development, offered by the Global Alliance for Human Caring Education (GAHCE), a WCSI Global Affiliate.
For Immediate Release — The Global Alliance for Human Caring Education (GAHCE), a WCSI Global Affiliate, has announced that a second edition of its course, Foundations of Caring Science Pedagogy and Curriculum Development, is NOW OPEN for enrollment.
The asynchronous, self-paced, interactive, online course will be delivered over five weeks from: October 13 – November 13, 2026.
This offering is Module 1 which, together with Modules 2 and 3, comprise the Caring Science Nurse Education Certificate Program (NECP).
- Module 2: Caring Science Pedagogy
- Module 3: Caring Science Curriculum Development
The course facilitator will be Dr. Marcia Hills, RN PhD FAAN FCAN FCNEI, President of GAHCE and a Distinguished Caring Science Scholar (WCSI). The program is patterned on a graduate level course that Dr. Hills created and taught at the University of Victoria, Canada.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has approved 32 Continuing Education Professional Development Contact Hours to be awarded to those who pass the course.
Students in the first cohort to have completed the ‘Foundations’ module described it as: thought-provoking, affirming, challenging, transformative, reflective, humanizing, insightful, innovative, relevant, informative, expanding, awakening, creative, and engaging.
What stood out?
- The realization of how we teach is inseparable from what we teach; we can’t build caring practitioners through uncaring pedagogy.
- Aligning Caring Science practices, theories, and strategies to successfully incorporate into student instruction, evaluation, and development of practice.
- Constant self-reflection - having to put thoughts into words.
- Increased my knowledge of bringing more caring into my journey.
- Caring Science is an essential tool for nurse educators in practicing, teaching, and learning.
- Using an educational theory in teaching.
- Program endorsed by WCSI
If you are a nurse interested in learning about teaching and learning within a Caring Science perspective, this course is for you!
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