ASSESSMENT
When the learner is receptive to learning
Readiness to learn
Needs for information that is nice to know but not required or not directly related to being able to function in daily activities
Possible Needs
Four Types of Readiness to Learn
- Physical Readiness
- Emotional Readiness
- Experiential Readiness
- Knowledge Readiness
Each hemisphere having separate and complementary functions.
Right-Brain/Left-Brain and Whole-Brain Thinking
Who plays a crucial role in the learning process?
Educator
Needs that must be learned for survival or situations in which the learner’s life, safety, or ability to function at an expected level is threatened.
Mandatory Needs
refers to the learner’s present knowledge base, the level of cognitive ability, the existence of any learning disabilities and/or reading problems, and the preferred style of learning.
Knowledge Readiness
A theory focused on the multiple kinds of intelligence in children
Gardner’s Eight Types of Intelligence
What are the three components of learning?
Learning Needs
Readiness to Learn
Learning Style
involve getting together a small number (4 to 12) of potential learners, including the facilitator
Focus Group
is strongly associated with motivation, which is a willingness to take action.
Emotional Readiness
A Swiss psychiatrist, developed a theory that explains personality similarities and differences by identifying attitudes of people (extraverts and introverts) along with opposite mental functions, which are the ways people perceive or prefer to take in and make use of information from the world around them
Jung and Myers–Briggs Typology
The single most important person in the education process
Learner
is a technique that can be used by staff nurses to identify their learning needs so the data yielded can assist educators in planning for continuing education and professional development programs.
Self-assessment
Experiential readiness refers to the learner’s past experiences with learning and includes four elements
Experiential Readiness
This model includes four modes of learning that reflect two major dimensions: perception and processing.
Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model
Is the first and most important step in instructional design—but it is also the step most likely to be neglected.
Assessment of Learners
Nurse educators need to follow a consistent format for reviewing medical records by looking at initial assessments, progress notes, nursing care plans, staff notes, and discharge planning forms that can provide valuable information about the learning needs of patients
Documentation
involves concern about the here and now versus the future. If survival is of primary concern, readiness to learn will be focused on the present to meet basic human needs.
Frame of Mind
This model includes motivational factors, social interaction patterns, and physiological and environmental elements.
Dunn and Dunn Learning Styles