reflections into action (concrete experience)” (Kolb‚ 1894). Nursing is a practice profession. Clinical experience in the clinical setting is the integral part of the total education process for nursing students. (Estrella Cuarezma Sanchez‚ 1998) The clinical exposure of a student nurse is an experience that is not to be taken for granted. It is as important (if not more so) than the classroom lectures. In the field‚ the student nurse is allowed to experience dealing with actual patients and witnessing
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Meeting the Learning Needs of Disaffected Boys in the Classroom I selected the topic relating to disaffected boys because I have six years experience tutoring basic skills to young male offenders and I also have my second placement in a boys’ school. My personal experience from the prison was that many British-born inmates requiring help with basic skills came from severely disadvantaged backgrounds‚ had poor social skills and had dropped out of school between the ages of 9 and 15. Their resentfulness
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everything possible beyond our thoughts. Since there was a wide-range of computer usability‚ one of the emerging areas of computing is software development. Software varies with application depending on the contents and purpose. One way to implement good software amongst series of development is electronic learning or simply e-Learning. Rapid e-Learning is an ongoing trend which enables flexible and cost-effective creation of learning materials (Pforte & Stolzenberg‚ 2007). One of such obvious transformation
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LIFELONG LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE CHRISTOPHER KNAPPER We live in times of unprecedented technological and social change that have profound implications for the nature of work‚ the workplace and our working lives. Adaptability to shifting circumstances and readiness to learn new workrelated knowledge and skills have become almost more important than competence at the tasks for which we were hired. Workers must now be able to deal not just with issues for which they were trained‚ but also to
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Learning Journals Contents What is a learning journal? What is a learning journal? A learning journal is a collection of notes‚ observations‚ thoughts and other relevant materials built-up over a period of time and usually accompanies a period of study‚ a placement experience or fieldwork. Its purpose is to enhance your learning through the very process of writing and thinking about your learning experiences. Your learning journal is personal to you and will reflect your personality
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environment and online learning‚ using a proprietary learning management system (LMS) named adaptive hypermedia courseware (AHyCo). AHyCo is based on adaptive hypermedia and in addition to supporting learning and testing‚ introduces completely new constructivist and cognitivist elements to education. By supporting collaborative and project-oriented activities AHyCo promotes students’ motivation for learning and establishes learning as an active and interactive process. Blended learning refers to a mixing
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Campus-Wide Information Systems Emerald Article: Atlantis University:a new pedagogical approach beyond e-learning Udo Bleimann Article information: To cite this document: Udo Bleimann‚ (2004)‚"Atlantis University:a new pedagogical approach beyond e-learning"‚ Campus-Wide Information Systems‚ Vol. 21 Iss: 5 pp. 191 - 195 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10650740410567536 Downloaded on: 07-11-2012 References: This document contains references to 11 other documents Citations:
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Learning Diary Adapted from Peter Honey’s Learning Log A way to enhance learning from experience Introduction We all learn from experience. Without it we would be condemned to repeating our mistakes over and over again and be incapable of adapting to change. Most of us take our learning from experience for granted‚ however. This Learning Diary has been created to help you become more conscious of your experiential learning during one working week so that you can manage it more effectively
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2 Experiential Learning Cycle Return to Table of Contents SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE (SGITC) STUDENT REFERENCE FOR CHAPTER 2 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CYCLE INTRODUCTION TO THE STRUCTURED EXPERIENCE2 In creating‚ adapting‚ and conducting structured experiences‚ the small group leader needs both a unifying theory and a practical translation of thinking. This introduction will explore a variety of methods and design features that we can incorporate into a range of structured
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to discuss the importance of creating a desirable learning environment This essay will discuss the importance of creating a desirable learning environment and the contrast of opinions people have towards them‚ also the relationship between theory and current educational practice. So the question is “How do we learn?” For decades‚ researchers and scientists have been discussing how children come to understand the world we live in and how learning occurs. Theorists such as H.Gardner‚ Paiget‚ Vygotsky
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