Principles and

Styles of Teaching
and Learning

CLASS PRESENTATION BY
POST RN STUDENTS
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 Objectives

After the completion of this unit students will be able to:

 Identify the characteristics of good teacher and their role in nursing
education.
 Discuss the different Principles of teaching and learning.
 Identify factors that influence learning.
 Compare relationship between teaching and learning.
 Discuss different learning styles and apply ways to assess learning styles.
 Discuss the characteristics of a child, adult and elderly learner and list
strategies that are suitable for the adult group of learner.
Qualities of good teacher
 It is said that a teacher affects eternity. You never know where the influence
stops.
 Teachers play a crucial role in shaping the future generation. They are dealing
with young people who are full of life and energy.
 Teachers nurture natural abilities and skills and prepare students for the future.
 As a teacher, you have to be a role model and inspire your students.
 Different students might be coming from different backgrounds and as their
teacher, you have the power to uplift them and make a change. Teachers change
lives and that is why teaching is one of the most important professions in the
world.
 Empathy
 One of the most important good qualities of a teacher is empathy. Let’s
understand this quality through an example.
 Imagine you are in your classroom and there’s a student who continuously
performs poorly in his/her exams.
 You advised them to study and yet, they keep on getting low marks.
 Now, it’s natural for you to get angry because, despite your efforts, the kid is
not performing well.
 However, you don’t know what’s going inside them and what kind of
conditions they are going through.
 What if the kid is facing issues with their family or if they have a learning
disability?
 As a teacher, you need to put yourself in their situation and think as your
student.
 This is what empathy is. You must understand the student and be available
 Creativity
 As a teacher, you have to ensure that your students
don’t get bored. It’s common for students to lose
interest and attention.
 be creative! One of the important qualities of an ideal
teacher is creativity. By being creative, you can make
your classes interesting. You can use the help of
various online teaching tools to add life to the
classroom.
 As more and more people move towards online classes
and online teaching, the need for creativity in the
classroom has become more important.
 Communication
 Always invite feedback, ask your students if they have
understood
 Create a platform for open communication
 Talk in their regional language and guarantee your students
that the classroom is a safe space
 When the teacher assumes a strict and harsh role and the
communication becomes one way, there’s not much
learning involved. Neither for the student nor the teacher.
 Communication need not always be verbal, the teacher has
to pick up non-verbal cues and that’s where the real
qualities of a teacher get tested. It is important for teachers
to have strong verbal and nonverbal communication skills.
Interpersonal skills
 Interpersonal communication is important to establish
strong interpersonal relationships.
 As mentioned above, a teacher must aim for the holistic
development of a student.
 For example, it is not just their education that matters. It
is their behavior, their manners, their attitude, and a lot
more aspects as well.
 In order to make sure that the students achieve this, the
teacher must have strong interpersonal skills.
 So that they can connect with their students and solve
their problems if any.
 Positivism

 Students would often feel depressed and down.

 Ifa teacher has the quality of always being positive, it
can help the students in a lot of ways.
 A positive attitude and a positive relationship between
students and teachers is the most important thing
needed to ensure effective learning
 Fair Minded

A teacher has to treat all her students equally. Fairness

is one of the most important qualities of effective
teachers.
When a teacher is fair-minded, it earns them respect
and students feel safe and valued in the classroom.
Creating a classroom environment that’s fair will
nurture trust and respect between students and it is a
great quality to teach your students.
 Humorous
 Though most people don’t think of humor as a quality, it is one
of the most significant qualities of an ideal teacher.
 When the classroom gets boring, who doesn’t like a good laugh
and some jokes?
 Teachers who are humorous and funny have the ability to
connect with students easily and can create a joyful
environment.
 By being humorous, we don't just mean cracking jokes, being
able to enjoy jokes, and small mischievous activities from
students is also a part of being humorous.
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 Consistent
 Rewarding
 Reliable
 Passionate
 Motivational
 Active listening
 Nurturing
 Honesty
 Punctuality
 Dignity
 ROLE OF TEACHING IN
NURSING
Patient Education
 Nurse educate patients about their health conditions,
treatment plans and preventive measures. E.g.
explaining medications, demonstrating proper
techniques for self-care and providing information
about lifestyle changes.
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Health Promotion
 Nurses play a vital role in promoting health and
preventing illness through education on nutrition,
exercise and life style choices.
Disease prevention
 Nurses educate individuals and communities about the
importance of vaccination, screening and early
detection of diseases.
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Collaboration in Healthcare Team
 Nurses share their expertise with colleagues,
contributing to interdisciplinary collaboration.
Nurse Educators
 Nurse educators work in academic setting, Training the
next generation of nurses.
 They design curriculum, teach courses and monitor
students.
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Empowering Patients
 Education empowers patients to actively participate their
care decision fostering a sense of control and
responsibility for their health.
Cultural Competence
 Teaching in nursing includes promoting culture
competence, ensuring that healthcare providers
understand and respect diverse cultural beliefs and
practices.
Principles of teaching and learning
Learning principles:
 Students’ prior knowledge can help or hinder learning.
 How students organize knowledge influences how they
learn and apply what they know.
 Students’ motivation determines, directs, and sustains what
they do to learn.
 To develop mastery, students must acquire component
skills, practice integrating them, and know when to apply
what they have learned.
 Goal-directed practice coupled with targeted feedback
enhances the quality of students’ learning.

 Students’ current level of development interacts with the

social, emotional, and intellectual climate of the course to
impact learning.

 To become self-directed learners, students must learn to

monitor and adjust their approaches to learning.
 Teaching principles
 Effectiveteaching involves acquiring relevant
knowledge about students and using that knowledge to
inform our course design and classroom teaching.
 Effective
teaching involves aligning the three major
components of instruction: learning objectives,
assessments, and instructional activities.
 Effective teaching involves articulating explicit
expectations regarding learning objectives and policies.
 Effective teaching involves prioritizing the knowledge
and skills we choose to focus on.
 Effective teaching involves recognizing and
overcoming our expert blind spots.
 Effective teaching involves adopting appropriate
teaching roles to support our learning goals.
 Effective teaching involves progressively refining
our courses based on reflection and feedback.
 Factors that influence
learning
 Intellectual factor:
 Learning factors
 Physical factors
 Mental factors
 Emotional and social factors
 Teacher’s Personality
 Environmental factor
 Types of learning

The main Four Types of Learning

 Visual learning style
 Auditory learning style
 Kinesthetic learning style
 Reading/Writing
Other four types are
 Logical/analytical learners
 Social/linguistic learners
 Solitary learners
 Nature learners
 Visual learners
Visual learners are individuals who
prefer to take in their information
visually—be that with maps,
graphs, diagrams, charts, and
others.
 Auditory learners
 Auditory learners are individuals who learn better
when they take in information in auditory form when
it is heard or spoken.
 They are prone to sorting their ideas after speaking,
rather than thinking ideas through before. Since, to
them, saying things out loud helps them understand
the concept.
 Kinesthetic learners
 Kinesthetic learners are individuals who prefer to
learn by doing.
 They enjoy a hands-on experience.
 They are usually more in touch with reality and
more connected to it, which is why they require
using tactile experience to understand something
better.
Reading/writing learners
 Reading/writing learners consume information best
when it’s in words, whether that’s by writing it
down or reading it.
 To them, text is more powerful than any kind of
visual or auditory representation of an idea. These
individuals usually perform very well on written
assignments.
 Logical/analytical learners

 As the name suggests, analytical learners depend on

logic and analytical skills to understand a particular
subject.
 These types of learners search for connections,
causes, patterns, and results in their learning.
 A teacher can engage and motivate analytical learners
by posing questions that require interpretation, using
material that activates problem-solving skills and
stimulating students to reach conclusions based on
facts or reasoning.
 Social/linguistic learners
 These types of learners favor educational lessons
that include peer work or participation. Social/
linguistic learners get two things out of this
participation: socializing
(which they love) and a
better understanding of a subject. Teachers can
motivate these types of learners by using role-
playing, group activities, and encouraging student
interaction (asking questions, sharing stories, etc.).
 Solitary learners
 Otherwise known as solo learners, these students are
the opposite of social learners. Solitary learners prefer
to study alone without having to interact with other
learners. Individual work is a solo student’s forte.
 Teachers can help these types of learners by using
activities that require individual work (including
keeping a diary) and problem-solving skills,
recognizing a student’s individual accomplishments,
etc.
 Nature learners
 These types of learners excel when in contact with nature.
 A nature learner’s ideal study environment is a calm and relaxing
environment.
 If we had to compare nature learners with another type, it would
be tactile learners.
 The only difference is the nature part of this deal, as nature
learners need to be outside to learn better.
 While learning in nature may not always be possible, teachers can
still nurture this learning style in students by assigning hands-on
activities, having classes outdoors when possible, and using
nature examples when explaining a new lesson.
 WAYS TO ASSESS LEARNING
STYLES
 Usesurveys or quizzes to gather information on
preferred learning methods.
 Observe how individuals naturally approach
tasks and absorb information.
 Engage in conversation to understand how
individuals describe their learning preferences.
 Encourage individuals to reflect on their own
learning experiences.
 Design various activities in classrooms to see
how individuals respond and engage with
different learning modalities.
Characteristics of Child,
Adult and Elderly
learners
 CHILD LEARNERS
 High levels of curiosity and imagination
 Short attention spans but absorb information quickly
 Learn through play and hands on experiences
 Benefit from visual aid interactive activities
 Adult Learners
 Self directed and motivated by relevance.
 Draw on life experiences and prior knowledge.
 Prefer practical, problem solving approaches.
 Often have specific
 Goals and appreciate immediate applicability.
 Elderly Learners
 Varied levels of prior education and experience.
 May face challenges with memory and processing
speed.
 Appreciate respect for there life experiences.
 Benefitfrom a supportive and collaborative learning
environment.
 STRTEGIES FOR ADULT GROUP
LEARNING
Active participation
 Encourage discussions, group activities and case
studies.
 Adultoften learn best by doing and engaging in
meaningful conversations.
Relevance and real world application
 Relate learning objectives to practical real life scenarios
 Adults are motivated when they see the immediate
applicability of the content.
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Flexibility in learning styles
 Recognize and accommodate diverse learning style with
the group.
 Offera variety of resources, including visual aids, written
materials and hand on activities.
Problem solving Approaches
 Present challenges or scenarios that required critical
thinking and problem solving.
 Adult appreciate opportunities to apply knowledge to
solve real world problems.
 Self Directed Learning

 Allowfor self paced learning and provide for

independent study.
 Acknowledge the autonomy of adult learner and
shaping their learning experience.
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Peer Collaboration
 Foster a collaborative learning environment where
adults can share experiences and insights.
 Group discussion and collaborative projects can
enhance understanding.
Feedback and Reflection
 Provide constructive feedback and encourage self
reflection.
 Adult value opportunities to assess their progress and
reflect on their journey