UNIVERSITY OF LA SALETTE, INC.

Dubinan East, Santiago City, Philippines, 3311

COLLEGE OF NURSING, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MIDWIFERY

NCM 102: HEALTH EDUCATION

Prepared By: Jericho G. Ferrer, BSPH, MSPH-Candidate

EDUCATOR’S ROLE IN LEARNING

The educator plays a crucial role in the learning process by:

▪ assessing problems or deficits providing information in unique ways
▪ identifying progress made
▪ giving feedback and follow-up
▪ reinforcing learning
▪ determining education effectiveness

THE EDUCATOR’S UNIQUE POSITION

• The educator is vital in giving support, encouragement, and direction during the process of learning.
• The educator assists in identifying optimal learning approaches and activities that can both support and
challenge the learner.

ASSESSMENT OF THE LEARNER

Attending to the three determinants of learning

▪ Learning Needs : (WHAT the learner needs to learn)

▪ Readiness to Learn: (WHEN the learner is receptive to learning)
▪ Learning Style: (HOW the learner best learns)
Haggard, 1989

ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING NEEDS

• Identify the learner.

• Choose the right setting.
• Collect data about, and from, the learner.
• Involve members of the healthcare team.
• Prioritize needs.
• Determine availability of educational resources.
• Assess demands of the organization.
• Take time-management issues into account.
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Dubinan East, Santiago City, Philippines, 3311
COLLEGE OF NURSING, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MIDWIFERY

CRITERIA FOR PRIORITIZING LEARNING

NEEDS

• Mandatory: Needs that must be learned for survival or when learner’s life or safety is threatened
• Desirable: Needs that are not life dependent but are related to well-being or quality care
Possible: Needs for information that are nice to know but not essential or required because they are not
directly related to daily activities

METHODS TO ASSESS LEARNING NEEDS

• Informal conversations
• Structured interviews
• Focus groups
• Questionnaires
• Tests
• Observations
• Documentation

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing

that it takes in.”
— Leonardo da Vinci

ASSESSING LEARNING NEEDS OF NURSING

STAFF

• Written job descriptions

• Formal and informal requests
• Quality assurance reports
• Chart audits
• Rules and regulations
• Self-assessment
• Gap analysis

DETERMINING READINESS TO LEARN

• Optimal learning time is when the learner asks a question.

• Learner is receptive, willing, able to participate in learning process
• Educator must understand what needs to be taught, collect and validate information, assess learning needs
• Timing is important: learner must be ready

TYPES OF READINESS TO LEARN

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Dubinan East, Santiago City, Philippines, 3311
COLLEGE OF NURSING, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MIDWIFERY

P = Physical readiness

E = Emotional readiness

E = Experiential readiness

K = Knowledge readiness

READINESS TO LEARN COMPONENTS

• Physical readiness
▪ measures of ability
▪ complexity of task
▪ environmental effects
▪ health status
▪ gender

• Emotional readiness
▪ anxiety level
▪ support system
▪ motivation
▪ risk-taking behavior
▪ frame of mind
▪ developmental stage

Experiential readiness
▪ level of aspiration
▪ past coping mechanisms
▪ cultural background
▪ locus of control

Knowledge readiness

▪ present knowledge base

▪ cognitive ability
▪ learning disabilities
▪ learning styles

LEARNING STYLE PRINCIPLES

• Certain learning characteristics are biological, whereas others are sociologically derived.
• No learning style is inherently better or worse than another.
• Accepting the diversity of learning styles can help educators encourage every individual to reach his or her
full potential.
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Dubinan East, Santiago City, Philippines, 3311
COLLEGE OF NURSING, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MIDWIFERY

DETERMINING LEARNING STYLES

• Observation, interviews, and learning style instruments

• All three techniques should be used.
• Assessment is best in the educational process.
• Educators can then support instruction with materials that guide a variety of styles.

RIGHT BRAIN - LEFT BRAIN AND WHOLE

BRAIN THINKING

• Brain Preference Indicator or Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument

• Right hemisphere—emotional, visual– spatial, nonverbal hemisphere

Thinking processes using the right brain are intuitive, subjective, relational, holistic, and time free.
• Left hemisphere—vocal and analytical
Thinking process using reality-based and logical
thinking with verbalization
• No correct/wrong side of the brain
• Each hemisphere gathers same sensory information, handles it differently
• Educators should employ teaching methods that stimulate both brain sides

EXAMPLES OF RIGHT BRAIN – LEFT BRAIN

AND WHOLE BRAIN THINKING

• LEFT BRAIN
▪ Prefers talking and writing
▪ Recognizes/remembers names
▪ Solves problems by
▪ Breaking them into parts
▪ Conscious of time and schedules
• RIGHT BRAIN
▪ Prefers drawing and manipulating objects
▪ Recognizes/remembers faces
▪ Solves problems by looking at the whole, looks for patterns, uses hunches
▪ Not conscious of time and schedules

• WHOLE BRAIN
▪ Combines both sides of the brain

DUNN’S LEARNING STYLE OPTIONS

• Environmental elements
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Dubinan East, Santiago City, Philippines, 3311
COLLEGE OF NURSING, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MIDWIFERY

• Emotional elements
• Sociological patterns
• Physical elements
• Psychological elements

GARDNER’S EIGHT TYPES OF

INTELLIGENCE

• Linguistic Intelligence
• Musical Intelligence
• Spatial Intelligence
• Logical – Mathematical Intelligence
• Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence
• Intrapersonal Intelligence
• Interpersonal Intelligence

VARK LEARNING STYLE

• Four preferences that reflect learning style experiences and preferences of students
▪ Visual
▪ Aural
▪ Read/write
▪ Kinesthetic
• Starting point for educators and learners to discuss teaching and learning strategies
• VARK questionnaire provides profile.

INTERPRETATION OF STYLE INSTRUMENT

• Caution must be exercised in assessing styles so other important learning factors are not ignored.
• Styles only describe how individuals process stimuli, not their capabilities.
• Style instruments should be selected based on reliability, validity, and population.
• More than one learning style instrument should be used for appropriate assessment.