Teaching /Learning

NU 305 DLSacred Heart University

Teaching or Instruction

Deliberate arrangement of conditions to promote attainment of some intended goal.

Learning

A persistent change in human performance or performance potential.

Assessing Motivation to Learn

Each learner brings a diverse background that directly affects the ability to understand and master information and skills.

Assessing Motivation to Learn

AgeCulturePhysical CharacteristicsValues and BeliefsPast ExperiencesPreferred Learning StyleReading and Writing SkillsImportance of feelings of well-being

Assessing Motivation to Learn

Untoward effectsIntellectual capabilitiesAnxietySocioeconomic factorsPerceptions of illnessAt-home support structuresLocus of controlSuccess

Health and Illness Models

Health Belief Model

Health Promotion Model

Chronic Illness Model

Adult Learning TheoryKnowles

Adult’s self concept has moved from being dependent to being a self-directed human beingExperience becomes vast reservoir for learning (need to assess this first)

Adult Learning TheoryKnowles

Readiness to learn becomes oriented increasingly to the developmental task of his/her social roleearly adulthood (18-30)middle age (30-55) late maturity (55 and over)

Adult Learning TheoryKnowles

Adult’s time perspective is immediate application of knowledge

Adult Learning Theory-Conditions of Learning

Learner feels a need to learnLearning environment characterized by physical comfort, mutual trust, respect and helpfulness, freedom of expression and acceptance of difficultiesPerceives the goals of the learning experience to be the learner’s goals

Adult Learning Theory-Conditions of Learning

Learner accepts a share of the responsibility for planning and operating a learning experienceLearner participates activelyLearning process is related to and makes use of the experiences of the learnerLearner has a sense of progress toward goals

Developing Educational Objectives

DomainCognitiveAffectivePsychomotor

Cognitive Domain

Knowledge and thought processes Comprehension ApplicationSynthesisEvaluate

Affective Domain

Attitudes

Feelings

Values

Psychomotor Domain

Processing and demonstration of behaviors

What’s the Domain?

Accept feelings concerning being responsible for her children’s nutrition.

Take his blood pressure using machine.

Demonstrate how to prepare and sterilize a baby’s formula

What’s the Domain?

Discuss societal, health care and professional trends which will influence the future of the nursing profession

Evaluate the foods provided to determine if the diet is balanced

What’s the Domain?

Utilize an ethical decision making framework that incorporates a professional code of ethics, personal values and beliefs, and moral concepts

Strong Measurable Action Verbs: Strong or Weak?

StateDiscussUnderstandListCompare and contrastDemonstrate

WriteLearnSynthesizeKnowSelectExplains

So What?

The level of the domain will dictate what teaching strategies you will use.

Content of the Objective

WhoWhatResultConditions, if anyCriterion for success

Teaching/Learning Plan

ObjectiveDemonstrate the proper technique for coughing and deep breathing following their surgical procedure

ContentRationale for procedureUse of incentive spirometerCoughing techniques

Teaching/Learning Plan

Teaching StrategyDiscussionDemonstration and Return demonstration of incentive spirometerDemonstration and return demonstration of coughing

EvaluationWritten testObservation of use of incentive spirometer

Observation of coughing

Teaching/Learning Plan

ObjectiveApply the principles of teaching and learning in teaching individuals and groups

ContentPrinciples of teaching and learning Motivation of the learner Learning Theory Educational Objectives Teaching Strategy Evaluation

Teaching/Learning Plan

Teaching StrategyLecture/DiscussionReadings in BastableDevelopment of Proposal

EvaluationPeer evaluation of learning proposalAssess, comment, and review teaching/learning proposal