Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to examine the educational significance in a nursing teacher training program. For this purpose the characteristic of "self-recognition as a nursing-teacher", which appeared in discussions about learning experiences in the class, was examined.
Methods: Data were gathered using a semi-structured interview with 15 class attendees. This was then analyzed by a qualitative study method that construes talk as a narrative by quoting the actual words.
Results: The data analyses showed 3 significances in the nursing-teacher training program. 1) The initial education to support the career as a nursing teacher. 2) Continued education to support growth as nurses. 3) Education to develop dignity through "self-recognition as a nursing teacher". These significances were found through 3 characteristics; deepened meaning of teaching nursing to students, reflecting on a career as a nurse, and confirming the value and faith of self-support. These characteristics appeared in their participants' narratives about how they came to recognize themselves as a nursing teacher. From results, the educational significance in a nursing teacher training program is the development of "self-recognition as a nursing teacher".
