Learning for Nursing Practice | Assignment

This is an open book exam. You are allowed to use the course books and any
other academic materials during the exam but you have to follow the academic
writing role which means you have to reference all your work.
Please follow the instruction and return the answer to me by Saturday March 21,
2020 at 23:59 p.m Good luck
Notes:
1. Please download this word document and answer both
questions then send back your answer.
2. Before sending your answers make sure that the file name
should be named by your fist name and student ID.( قبل
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ورقمك الجامعي)
3. Marks will be detected if the answer was not reference
using the APA format.
Answer the following questions:
1. Suppose that you are a nursing faculty at the college of nursing
and you were asked to consider the integration and application
of learning theories in your teaching for nursing courses; do you
prefer to use:
(a) A specific learning theory OR (b) A combination of
learning theories.
Make sure to choose only one of these options (either "a" or "b") and defend /
justify your answer?
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2. Identify and discuss one gender difference between males and
females related to their readiness to learn, learning styles, or
cognitive thinking processes. Be sure to make a comparison
between males and females as learners
Start the answers here and you should not exceed 3 pages in total
Question 1:
Learning is a form of permanent change that takes place in an individual
gradually, affecting their emotional functioning, behavior or mental processing due to
the impact of their experiences. Faculties in educational institutes have to make a plan
to efficiently teach their students with the help of learning theories. Learning theories
are being adapted by teachers especially for healthcare education as it is becoming
simpler to teach focusing on the important aspects. If I was a teaching facility in
nursing then I would use a combination of theories to teach in my class such as
behaviorist, cognitive, psychodynamic, humanistic and social learning theories. The
benefit of using different theories for educational purpose helps in increasing the
amount of knowledge being observed. The behaviorist theory of learning is suitable
for passive, reactive learners who respond to stimuli and it increases practice in
people who learn and involves the learner in identifying differences between new
situations and learning. Cognitive learning is for active learners who determines
themselves into learning new experiences and is dominantly influenced by
attributions. The learning in this style increases mental and physical activity and helps
to understand the common patterns including learning how to learn. Social style of
learning is all about adapting to external role models and their assumed reinforcement
as it is suitable for active learners who observe others and adjusts to decisions that
help in reproducing behavior. It helps in learning the role model’s behavior and the
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