am working in a non-government organization serving the mentally disabled. No matter which specialty I am working in or how senior I am‚ I found learning being crucial for professional competence‚ job satisfaction and personal growth. In this paper‚ I would like to reflect critically on my experience of learning in nursing with reference to relevant learning theories. Learning in workplace At the time when I started to work as a registered nurse in a new workplace after graduation from nursing
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Strategies Successful People Use to Overcome Stress Heidi Grant Halvorson Feeling stressed? Of course you are. You have too much on your plate‚ deadlines are looming‚ and people are counting on you. You are under a lot of pressure—so much that at times‚ you suspect the quality of your work suffers for it. This is life in the modern workplace. The difference between those who are successful and those who aren’t is not whether or not you suffer from stress‚ but how you deal with it when you do. In
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to teach students (Cashin‚ 1990). Although the usefulness of other teaching strategies is being widely examined today‚ the lecture still remains an important way to communicate information. Used in conjunction with active learning teaching strategies‚ the traditional lecture can be an effective way to achieve instructional goals. The advantages of the lecture approach are that it provides a way to communicate a large amount of information to many listeners‚ maximizes instructor control and is non-threatening
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Dan Griffiths Learning Styles Honey & Mumford learning Styles There have been several different ideas and developments into learning theories and how individuals perceive and apply new knowledge‚ but one of the most explored ideas came from Peter Honey and Alan Mumford. Their learning system was developed during the 1970s and was a variation on the David Kolb learning theory. Both were based on four key elements of learning‚ but where as Kolb’s system was to follow a learning cycle by starting
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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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Experiential Learning The tradition of didactic learning is naturally giving way to the new era of experiential learning which allows the individual to enhance the knowledge based on real interaction (experience) with the world of knowledge. As the name suggests‚ ‘experiential’ itself is a way of experiencing the patterns of accessing knowledge‚ with emphasis on individual reflexes‚ at micro level and macro levels. However‚ it should not be confused with experiential education which deals with
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Theories of teaching and learning and how they impact on the classroom environment Education plays a significant role in supporting and influencing the healthy development of children. However‚ teaching is more than just knowing what to teach. Professional teachers must also understand how to teach their students. Therefore‚ in order to create an effective classroom environment which caters for the diversity of students and their various developmental levels and abilities‚ teachers are urged to
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“Better learning will not come from finding better ways for the teacher to instruct but from giving learners better opportunities to construct.” - (Seymour Papert‚ Professor Emeritus ‚ MIT Media Lab). There are many ways teachers and schools can make the curriculum more enjoyable. In my essay I am going to explore the ways that this can be achieved and the benefits it will have on children‚ teachers and schools. One way that teachers and schools can develop children’s enjoyment towards learning
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PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING 1. The main points are : Kolb proposed the process of experiential learning composed on by ‘four adaptive learning modes’ which are : * Reflective observation * Abstract conceptualization * Concrete experience * Active experimentation As per Kolb learning is defined as “the process whereby knowledge is created through transformation of experience”. This implies that the educators should use the learner’s personal beliefs and theories in a learning situation
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Report 1 Learning English Summary : Why learning English is important? Because English is the language for doing international business and to communicate with others around the world‚ so that’s why learning English in a school‚ college or institute of further education is a must. To increase your English skill‚ you must always learn as often as you can and practice as well. Try to use proper grammar when you write‚ pronounce well when you speak or something like that. As you know‚ English has
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