...In this essay, I will explain the theory and processes of learning from Honey and Mumford and Kolb and also the key influences of the personal learning processes of individuals. Learning is a process by which we gain knowledge and skills. The process of learning starts in early experiences as a small child and then continues through formal education and academic study or training. Learning is not only limited to formal education but also continues informally throughout your life. Most health and social care workers are expected to support the learning of other staff as a routine aspect of their work. Two of the most known theories linked to learning are Kolb’s experimental learning cycle (1984) and Honey and Mumford’s. David Kolb first published his learning styles models in 1984 from which he developed his learning style inventory. His experimental learning cycle helps us to understand how adults learn. According to Kolb, the way in which people learn are called their cognitive abilities. This means the ways in which an individual thinks by using their own knowledge and experiences. He suggested that during adolescence and early adulthood, we develop our own preferences in the way in which we process information and use it to make sense of our experiences. Kolb’s experiential learning cycle is represented by a four stage learning cycle: 1. Concrete experience – this is the ‘doing’ stage where you carry out or participate in an action 2. Reflective observation – reviewing...
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... ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. COURSEWORK TWO ID: 1376702 WORD COUNT: 1448 This assignment will reflect on an issue that has arisen in my workplace and its impact on me and other colleagues. Using Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle I will identify the situation in which the issue arose, the thoughts and feelings it evoked, an evaluation of positive and negative aspects experienced. I will analyse the situation in order to reach a conclusion and to formulate an action plan. To preserve patient and staff confidentiality no one will be named. I believe Gibbs model of reflection to be a framework with which I can address an issue from the workplace as I find it easy to utilise and believe it supports my reflective learning style as a pragmatist. Cottrell (2008). This approach to learning advocates Ryle (1949) where thoughts and feelings impact directly on the way we behave. This way of thinking suits me personally as I trained as a Cognitive Behavioural Counsellor and believe I take a rational and cognitive approach to problems. Neenan and Dryden (2004). Consequently I believe it to be a model or framework with which I can use as I develop as an Assistant Practitioner. The incident I am using for reflection for this essay involves an 87 year old lady that had suffered a pre-tibia laceration and attended the minor injuries department of Accident and Emergency. Following examination by a Nurse Practitioner I was asked to treat the injury. I cleaned the wound...
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...To most of us, learning means an attempt to create a memory that lasts. Like learning new dance steps, foreign language, or remembering people’s names require our brains to store new information. "Learning is...... knowledge or skills acquired through study or by being taught. As cited in the English Oxford Dictionary. 23/10/09 How we all learn depends on our own personal learning style which will be discussed further on. Learning never stops, and is done on a daily basis. Learning on a personal level helps you to gain self confidence allowing you to become more knowledgeable and competent at doing new things. You gain a wider sense of the world and how things work and why. It also gives you the drive and ambition to set yourself new challenges in your life, such as me doing my foundation degree! Learning at a professional level differs from that of a personal learning as you must be open to learning and willing to engage in new learning opportunities. We reflect on our practices, by having staff meetings, appraisals, and analyse where we need to gain a better understanding and do this by attending training courses to enhance our professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes and by keeping us up to date with current frameworks such as EYFS. Within this essay the following will be explained; the relevance of personal and professional learning to myself, what a learning style is, a comparison of Honey & Mumford and Kolb, validity of results...
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...Mentorship Module In this essay I aim to reflect and critically analyse my completion of the learning development plan and to identify how the skills and knowledge that I have gained as a mentor will enable me to lead learning in my area of practice. I will be using the What model of reflection (Driscoll 2000) throughout this essay. What? - As part of the mentorship module I was required to complete a Learning Development Plan (LDP). Part of the LDP involved writing a lesson plan which was then taught to a student under the supervision of my mentor. A copy of the lesson plan can be found within the LDP. An assessment plan was then used to evaluate the learning that had taken place and to assess the competency of the student. I am employed as a Paramedic Practitioner by a National Health Service (NHS) Ambulance Trust and I decided to teach the skill of Intubation to a student Paramedic. The lesson plan included assessing the level of knowledge of my student at the start in order to pitch the lesson at the right level. Gopee (2008:47) cites Ausubel et al (1978) on the view that most meaningful cognitive learning takes place as a result of interaction between the knowledge the individual already processes, and the new information that the individual encounters. Thus the most important factor influencing the learner is what the learner already knows. In order to assess my student, I used the Airway Management assessment sheet currently in use by my Ambulance Trust (NHS Ambulance...
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...Understanding your Learning Style Description of this Guide This is a brief overview of learning styles, their importance in Higher Education, and tips for making best use of your natural style. Learning Outcomes 1. Realise that there are many different learning styles 2. Discover resources where you can assess your learning style 3. Realise there are strategies you can use to make best use of your natural learning style Contents 1. Why tell me now? 2. What are learning styles? 1. Perceiving information 2. Processing information 3. Organizing and presenting information 3. What is my learning style? 1. Activists 2. Reflectors 3. Theorists 4. Pragmatists 4. What should I do now? 1. Advice for visual learners 2. Advice for auditory learners 3. Advice for tactile / kinaesthetic learners 5. Am I stuck with my learning style? ____________________________________________________________ ________ The material in this guide is copyright © 2003 the University of Southampton. Permission is given for it to be copied for use within the University of Southampton. All other rights are reserved. Understanding your Learning Style To begin, try a couple of mental exercises. [pic] Actvity 1 It is unlikely that your style of learning will be the same as anyone else on your programme. Try this out with a friend. Ask your friend to memorise these groups...
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...IQA | Alyson Blud | Grading Criteria:(P1): Explain key influences on the personal learning processes of individuals. (P2): Assess own knowledge, skills, practice, values, beliefs and career aspirations at start of the programme(P3): Produce an action plan for self-development and achievement of own personal goals(M1): Assess the impact of key influences on the personal learning processes on own learning(D1): Evaluate how personal learning and development may benefit others | Scenario: Must be vocationalYou work for a health and social care service provider and you are developing your personal and professional development portfolio. The portfolio aims to enable you to understand the learning process and to give you the skills needed to plan for, monitor and reflect on your professional development. A minimum of 100 hours of work experience, in addition to the guided learning hours, is required for successful completion of this unit. | Task 1: Complete the electronic chart from Moodle (upload to vital) explaining the key influences on personal learning processes of individuals it should include the following: (P1) * Theories of learning: i.e. Honey and Mumford, Kolb * Influences on learning: e.g. taking into account previous learning and experiences, specific learning needs, formal versus informal learning, time, learning style, learning environment, aspirations. * Skills for learning: study skills, literacy, numeracy, information and communication technology, research...
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...The aim of this assignment is to demonstrate that I can through critical reflection, evaluate my performance as a mentor to a student nurse I have been working with on the ward. According to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2006) the term mentor is used to denote the role of a registered nurse who facilitates learning and supervises and assesses students in the practice place. They furthermore identify the eight mandatory standards that must be achieved to become a mentor, and within the assignment I shall be referring to the Standards to Support Learning and Assessment in Practice; NMC standards for mentors, practice teachers and teachers, and identifying the standards for mentors required (SM). This assignment will first look at the personal and professional reasons why I wanted to undertake the mentorship module. It will also discuss the importance of a supportive learning environment in the workplace, and how essential it is. My role as a mentor to a nursing student will be evaluated, looking at the way in which I supported her on the ward and how I facilitated this. In conclusion, I will identify my own personal development in undertaking and completing this module. As a registered nurse on a busy Paediatric ward I always enjoy supporting student nurses whilst they are on placement with us. There is an apparent shortage of qualified mentors on the ward, and within my last personal development review with my line manager I identified a need to attain the mentorship...
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...SUBMISSION DATE: 10TH OF MAY 2013 The purpose of this essay is to provide a reflective account of mentoring a pre-registration nursing student in practice. A reflective model (Gibbs 1988, appendix 1) I will analyse the experience between myself as a mentor and the student under the supervision of a qualified mentor. The learning styles, The name of individuals involved shall not be mentioned in order to protect confidentiality in accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2008) Emphasis will be put on how an environment may be created to foster a long life learning and teaching and the learning strategies that were utilised, coupled with principles of assessment and the assessment tools that were used. The role of a mentor in facilitating learning will also be appraised. What is reflection? According to, Taylor (2000), “reflection means the throwing back of thoughts and memories in cognitive act such as thinking, contemplation, meditation and any other form of attentive consideration in order to make sense of them, and to make contextually appropriate changes if they are required”. The purpose of reflection as stated by John (1999) is to promote desirable practice through the practitioner's understanding and learning about their lived experiences. John (1999) mentorship reflection. This mentorship encourages practitioners to work through a series of reflective cues, the last of which is concerned with personal learning. John (1999) mentorship provides a good example of...
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...preparation of mentors, this assignment will aim to look at mentorship in depth. A variety of aspects around mentorship will be discussed, the first being the emergence of mentorship. This will explore what emphasis was placed on learning prior to Project 2000, and then moving to present day and the different documents that were implemented and the benefit these had on the mentoring process. Several definitions of mentorship will be addressed due to the lack of consensus regarding this. As a result, a clear distinction will be made between the differences of clinical supervision, perceptorship and the mentoring process. This will lead onto the role of the mentor, focusing upon relationships and the different theoretical perspectives around the formation of these. Also being explored in this section will be characteristics needed by the mentor as well as their responsibilities. The following topic to be explored will be learning styles and the environment. A definition of learning will be offered leading onto the learning environment and audits that are in place to ensure placements are up to scratch. This is followed by a description of learning models, looking at research that displays deficits with these. Also being looked at are the individual learning styles and characteristics. The final topic will be assessment; the author will offer a definition of assessment. This will lead onto formative and summative assessment, looking at the advantages and disadvantages of both. Finally...
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...customers. And we aim to expand our market the whole Myanmar. Mission - To provide high quality items to our customers. - To give the best service to customers. Objective - In 5 years, we must get our aim of to become one of the top companies. Organization structure In this organization structure, my position is under CEO. I am responsible for my under departments, marketing, finance, HR, IT and warehousing. In this assignment I am going to discuss my personal development plan and how I will develop my personal skills which will help me in my current situation. Personal development plan (PDP) is a structured and supported process undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their own learning, performance and achievement and to plan for their personal, educational and career development. In accordance with the requirement of Task 1, it is needed to identify and analyze the SMART objectives of personal and as well as organizational and also along with for the purpose of achieve these objectives, the required skills are also analyzed and explained on this task. In focusing towards the acronym of SMART, my personal and organizational objectives should be specific, measurable,...
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...our valuable customers. And we aim to expand our market the whole Myanmar. Mission - To provide high quality items to our customers. - To give the best service to customers. Objective - In 5 years, we must get our aim of to become one of the top companies. Organization structure In this organization structure, my position is under CEO. I am responsible for my under departments, marketing, finance, HR, IT and warehousing. In this assignment I am going to discuss my personal development plan and how I will develop my personal skills which will help me in my current situation. Personal development plan (PDP) is a structured and supported process undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their own learning, performance and achievement and to plan for their personal, educational and career development. In accordance with the requirement of Task 1, it is needed to identify and analyze the SMART objectives of personal and as well as organizational and also along with for the purpose of achieve these objectives, the required skills are also analyzed and explained on this task. In focusing towards the acronym of SMART, my personal and organizational objectives should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic...
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...TOPIC: Reflective essay on the teaching session and facilitating workplace learning module. INTRODUCTION As a requirement for the pre-registration program in Nilai University, I have to take Facilitating Workplace learning module. The aim of this module is to enable me to become a better facilitator in the future. Having experiences from my previous clinical posting, I realized that nursing profession is not only about patient’s bedside care, but also workplace improvement by facilitating others for example students, colleagues and patient health teaching. Gopee (2011) defined facilitating learning is that the learner becomes aware that they should be the originator of their thinking, meaning to say the learner should take more control of their learning instead of passively receive information from the teacher. In addition, facilitating learning is usually form part of healthcare’s professional code, as mentioned in code of practice by Nursing Midwifery Council (2008) that registered nurse must be willing to share their experiences and skills for the good of their colleagues and must facilitate student and others to develop their competent. In order to fulfill this subject, I have two main parts to complete. First, a plan for facilitating a learning session applied all the relevant theories that have been lecturing, and the second part, I am going to write here is a reflective essay using Gibb’s (1988) reflective cycle on what I have learn from this module and my learning...
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...LSRC reference Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning A systematic and critical review This report critically reviews the literature on learning styles and examines in detail 13 of the most influential models. The report concludes that it matters fundamentally which instrument is chosen. The implications for teaching and learning in post-16 learning are serious and should be of concern to learners, teachers and trainers, managers, researchers and inspectors. Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning A systematic and critical review LSRC reference Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning A systematic and critical review LSRC reference LSRC reference Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning A systematic and critical review Frank Coffield Institute of Education University of London David Moseley University of Newcastle Elaine Hall University of Newcastle Kathryn Ecclestone University of Exeter The Learning and Skills Research Centre is supported by the Learning and Skills Council and the Department for Education and Skills The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Learning and Skills Research Centre or the Learning and Skills Development Agency Published by the Learning and Skills Research Centre www.LSRC.ac.uk Feedback should be sent to: Sally Faraday Research Manager Learning and Skills Development Agency Regent Arcade House 19–25 Argyll Street London...
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...Gibbs Reflective Assignment On Non-Verbal Communication With A Patient With Demenita Introduction This assignment is a reflective account of my first experience when assisting a patient to eat lunch. For the purpose of this assignment I will refer to this patient as Mrs C to maintain confidentiality and comply with the NMC code (2008). It will discuss the importance of non-verbal communication when providing effective nursing care to the elderly. Description Thoughts and Feelings Evaluation I felt this first experience was very rewarding and a big learning curve for me in caring for others. I was delighted that I had been able to support Mrs C to eat nearly all of her meal which she clearly enjoyed. The ‘protected mealtime’ policy ensured that I had time to dedicate to assist her and as she did not have the ability to feed herself, without my help she would have eaten very little or nothing at all. In order to communicate with Mrs C, I modified the usual rules of communication. I did not speak to Mrs C in an inappropriate way or use elder talk which may have damaged her self esteem and confidence (Argle 1994). I talked to her as I would address any adult but put more emphasis on non-verbal communication which according to Caris Verhallen (1999) is the main way in which humans communicate, in order for her to receive my message, extract the meaning and give me feedback. By holding Mrs C’ gaze I was maintaining communication and encouraging engagement and interaction...
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...Section One 7 Planning and Implementing a Personal Professional Development Plan 7 Self Development and the Importance of Continual Growth 7 Self Awareness and Identifying Current Skills 8 Identifying Development Opportunities 9 Personal Development Plan 10 Section Two 12 Personal Development Plan Resources 12 Supportive Resources Required for Personal Development 12 Developed Business Case 13 Section Three 14 Processes Required to Implement a Personal Development Plan 14 Section Four 15 Welfare Working Practices 15 Assessing Staff Welfare, Supporting Records and Managerial Actions When Dealing with Staff Welfare Issues 16 References 21 Bibliography 22 Appendix One 23 Swot Analysis 23 Appendix 2 24 Honey and Mumford Learning Questionnaire 24 Appendix 3 32 Personal Development Plan 32 Appendix 4 34 Business Case 34 Appendix 5 38 Risk Assessment Form 38 Appendix 6 42 Company SOP Form 42 Abstract This assignment demonstrates the importance of continual self development in the aims of achieving organisational objectives. It identifies the importance of continual self growth and describes different methods of assessing you own current skills and abilities against specific organisational objectives. It also discusses the importance of identify development opportunities and ways of implanting those opportunities. It includes my own personal development plan (PDP) and the ways in which I intend on implementing that plan. It discusses...
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