When I first entered Mercy Learning Center it felt like a positive atmosphere where everyone wants to learn and excel. Everything and everyone had their place; I saw a lot of people walking into their classrooms and faculty members discussing to each other. It felt like I was in a school and the atmosphere also felt safe. I spoke to the receptionist and she called in the Volunteer Coordinator to show me around the building and where I would be helping out. I got placed in the Early Childhood Department
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What is Action Learning? Action Learning is an accelerated learning tool which can be applied to any number of different workplace (and personal) issues and challenges. In Action Learning groups or ’sets’ we meet regularly with others in order to explore solutions to real problems and decide on the action we wish to take. When doing this in the set‚ the stages include: 1. Describing the problem as we see it 2. Receiving contributions from others in the form of questions 3. Reflecting on our discussion
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction “Knowledge results from the combination of grasping (observation) and transforming 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
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No. Topic Source What I learnt from it 1 Gibbs – Reflective learning http://www3.hants.gov.uk/gibbs_reflective_cycle.pdf A PDF that enhances the Gibbs diagram 2 Professor Graham Gibbs http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/academic-practice/resources/learning-teaching-conference-2013/improving-university-learning-and-teaching-in-a-market-what-the-evidence-suggests-we-ought-to-be-doing-and-what-seems-to-be-going-on Graham Gibbs retired in 2008 from Oxford University. He is a much revered writer on teaching
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However‚ not everything was always peaches and cream. The good does come with the bad. Although I immensely relished learning psychology‚ I can say without a doubt what I least liked about my learning experience was all the stress that I felt. College is supposed to be no cakewalk‚ I know‚ but the stress certainly took me by surprise. I didn’t expect to have so much due in such a small period of time. For example‚ I recall near the end of the 3rd semester at community college I had three major papers
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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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Reflection Paper The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Future of Nursing report offered several good suggestions in nursing in 2010. One of the recommendations is to have 80 % of registered nurses (RN) possessed Bachelors of Science in nursing (BSN) by 2020. Currently‚ the author as an RN is enhancing personal education and participates in the plan to fulfill the goal. The BSN program aids one to receive further education in the treatment of the physical and social sciences‚ public and community health
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Marwa Saleh Assessment as learning 1-Definition Through this process students are able to learn about themselves as learners and become aware of how they learn – become megacognitive (knowledge of one’s own thought processes). Students reflect on their work on a regular basis‚ usually through self and peer assessment and decide (often with the help of the teacher‚ particularly in the early stages) what their next learning will be. Assessment as learning helps students to take more
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Assessment of Learning Assessment of learning refers to strategies designed to confirm what students know‚ demonstrate whether or not they have met curriculum outcomes or the goals of their individualized programs‚ or to certify proficiency and make decisions about students’ future programs or placements. It is designed to provide evidence of achievement to parents‚ other educators‚ the students themselves‚ and sometimes to outside groups (e.g.‚ employers‚ other educational institutions). Assessment
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Learning Styles for Information Literacy 1. Introduction 2. Directed Readings on Learning Styles 3. Learning Styles Left and right brain VAK Kolb Learning Cycle Honey and Mumford styles 4 Adult Learning Styles and Techniques 5 Information Literacy and Learning Styles 6 Conclusions 1 Introduction This block provides a brief overview of learning styles for
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