As centuries changes‚ so too does the learning styles of students’ changes. Hence different learning theories such as behaviorism‚ cognitivism‚ and constructivism have been used to improve learning‚ performance and class involvement of student. Each of theories has distinctive features based on their individual perspectives of the learning process. In this essay‚ I will mainly discuss 3 things: 1) the main tenet of behaviorism and constructivism‚ 2) a comparison between cognitive and constructivism
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Uses of Theory and Illustration from My Experience “He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.” - Leonardo da Vinci I was fascinated by the quote above for in general‚ we can never go wrong in a practice that is based on a tested knowledge and guided by theory. Recorded history of Greece first developed its special uses; from Pythagoras to Aristotle‚ up to present‚ uses of theory
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02/20/13 PSYC 47 – YB MY PERSONAL LEARNING THEORY (Outward Appearance Theory) This theory is based from my hobbies‚ my personal experiences‚ and experiences told by my family and close friends. The environment was also helpful; I gained observations from what is happening around me. I am not going to say that this theory is all original since before coming up with this‚ I studied other existing theories and I got a lot of ideas from them on what to write. I was able
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For the hospital reflection journal‚ I chose to discuss my experience in the place I could perceive myself working in during my nursing career – the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). My NICU hospital experience occurred on Sunday‚ March 26‚ 2017 at the Honor Health Scottsdale Shea center. My nurse and I were assigned to two premature infants – a 4-week-old female and an 8-week-old male. The infant I decided to do my assignment on was the 4-week-old female. She was born on 02/20/2017 at 25 weeks
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Learning theory argues that attachments are based on the principal of operant and classical conditioning; our first attachments are usually formed with our care giver‚ the person who feeds‚ changes and cuddles us. Classical conditioning is based on association‚ for example if a child is hungry them the milk from is the unconditioned stimulus which cause and unconditioned response of relief form its discomfort. This isn’t learned by the child it’s a natural response; however over time the pleasure
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Name of Programme: BSc (Hons) Nursing Student Name: Siti Aminah Ariffin Student Number: J9168783 Name of Module Acute Medical Care management Module Code: SDH 3010-N Module leader: Leslie Inayatullah Assignment title Reflective Essay Date of submission 10th September 2010 Word count: 3485 words Nursing as a profession is committed to the care of patients and families throughout health and illness and across all setting of care. Nurses assess and plan care to deal
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THEORIES OF LEARNING The starting point for all language teaching should be an understanding of how people learn. The key to successful language learning and teaching is in understanding the structure and processes of the mind. 1. Behaviorism : learning as habit formation This simple but powerful theory said that learning is a mechanical process of habit formation and proceeds by means of the frequent reinforcement of a stimulus-response sequence. This method‚ based firstly on the behaviorist stimulus-response
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Nursing Process and Clinical Decision-Making The nursing professional faces a myriad of decisions on a daily basis. The effectiveness of the decision-making process is crucial to ensuring positive outcomes in the clinical setting. If the nursing process is misunderstood or misapplied to the decision-making process by a failure to use critical thinking skills‚ the results can be catastrophic to the anticipated outcomes. Furthermore‚ an immaturity in critical thinking may influence decisions because
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about the scope of nursing practice. The scope of nursing is defined by each individual state with the help of the American Nurses Association. The purpose of this posting is to define the scope of nursing practice by the Ohio Board of Nursing and the American Nurses Association. The American Nurses Association states that the scope of nursing practice must answer the questions of “who‚” “what‚” “where‚” “when‚” ““why‚” and “how” to describe its complete picture‚ complex practice‚ and ever-changing
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Nursing in Michigan and Practice Standards As Registered Nurses in the United States of America‚ we have all experienced passing board exams and having to apply for licensure applicable to each of our individual states. The board exams now known as NCLEX or National Council Licensure Examination are universal across the country. However‚ individual licensing requirements for a renewal or reapplication process differ from state to state. Some states such as Texas have additional testing requirements
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