Development of Teaching-Learning Philosophy
Assignment 1: Development of Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy (35%)
Your personal assessment of your philosophy of teaching and learning should be unique to you. This assignment will give you a good base for enhanced learning through the remainder of this course and will provide you the opportunity to achieve the course learning outcome: describe the complexities and realities of health teaching from a personal and theoretical perspective. Supporting information and assessment of your philosophy of teaching and learning is addressed in Units 1 – 3.
Assignments must be submitted via the appropriate dropbox on the course home page.
Evaluation Criteria for Assignment 1
* Articulate clear statements of your personal learning style and your professional teaching philosophy. (3 marks)
* Link at least one of the theoretical underpinning (e.g. Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Social Constructivism) to support your teaching-learning philosophy. (10 marks)
* Provide one clear and detailed example to demonstrate how your values and beliefs related to both teaching and learning affect your role as a health care professional. (5 marks)
* Provide evidence of application of course concepts from Units 1, 2, and 3 and references from external sources as needed to support your teaching-learning philosophy. (7 marks)
* Accurate APA format including:
* Title page, headings and subheadings (1 mark)
* References in the body of the paper (2 marks)
* Reference citations in the references list (2 marks)
* Accurate scholarly format including:
* 3-4 pages in length, excluding title page and References list (1 mark)
* Introduction (1 mark)
* Scholarly language and professional tone (1 mark)
* Grammar, spelling, and punctuation (1 mark)
* Conclusion (1 mark)
Total possible marks 35
Assignment 1: Development of Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy
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Assignment 1: Development of Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy
In the nursing profession, learning and the various teaching philosophies are paramount. Simply put, as a nurse, one should be a good educator since one needs to educate patients about health promotion. Caring for a patient does not always entail prescribing medication. Rather, it also entails educating them to improve their health and promote health capital. The essence of educating patients is that they are better positioned to make appropriate decisions on maintaining and improving their basic health. Therefore, if a nurse is to educate learners, they need to understand their most effective teaching styles and how to capitalize on them. Based on this understanding, the paper will critically examine my personal learning style and professional teaching philosophy and how they contribute to being a better healthcare provider.
Clear Statements of Personal Learning Style and Professional Teaching Philosophy
Personal Learning Style
We are all unique, and our uniqueness is reflected in various aspects of life, such as our learning styles. Scholarly approach to personal learning style shows that we all process information differently. Basic information processing methods include hearing, seeing, reflecting, acting, and logical reasoning (Yeom et al., 2018). The three main learning styles are auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. From the three, my