Learning Theories in Health and Social Care Sector

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 3
TASK1: ESSAY................................................................................................................................. 4
AC1.1 EXPLAIN HOW DIFFERENT DOMAINS OF LEARNING APPLY TO LEARNING IN HEALTH
AND SOCIAL CARE...................................................................................................................... 4
AC1.3 ANALYSE HOW THEORIES OF LEARNING RELATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
UNDERSTANDING AND SKILLS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE....................................................5
TASK 2: CASE STUDY...................................................................................................................... 7
AC 1.2 DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH LEARNING CAN OCCUR.....................................................7
TASK 3: ESSAY WRITING.................................................................................................................9
AC2.2 CONCEPTS OF LEARNING STYLES.....................................................................................9
AC2.1 FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE EFFECTIVE LEARNING DEVELOPMENT...............................10
AC2.3 USE THE VARK SYSTEM OR HONEY AND MUMFORD TEST TO ASSESS YOUR OWN
LEARNING STYLE...................................................................................................................... 11
AC2.4 VARIOUS INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT YOUR OWN LEARNING IN RELATION TO THE
LEARNING THEORY.................................................................................................................. 12
AC3.1 DESCRIBE THE FACTORS THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER IN YOUR WORKPLACE
LEARNING PLAN....................................................................................................................... 13
AC3.2 PRESENT RELEVANT TEACHING STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT THE LEARNING OF OTHERS IN
YOUR WORKPLACE...................................................................................................................13
AC3.3 SUGGEST A STRATEGY FOR DELIVERING AND ASSESSING LEARNING IN HEALTH AND
SOCIAL CARE WORKPLACE.......................................................................................................14
AC4.1 EXPLAIN THE BARRIERS TO LEARNING BY YOUR STAFF AND THE SERVICE USERS IN THE
CARE HOME THAT MAYBE EXPERIENCED AT WORK................................................................15
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AC4.2 DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT METHODS YOU MAY USE TO IDENTIFY THE LEARNING NEEDS
OF YOUR STAFF OR SERVICE USERS.........................................................................................16
AC4.3 AFTER IDENTIFYING THE INDIVIDUAL LEARNING NEEDS IN STEP 5, HOW WOULD YOU
SUPPORT THE INDIVIDUAL LEARNING NEEDS AND EVALUATE THE APPROACHES YOU USED TO
SUPPORT.................................................................................................................................. 17
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................... 19
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................20
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INTRODUCTION
Learning is a continuous process which runs life-long and involves a variety of planned and
unplanned experiences. The current assignment explains the learning process in the health and
social care sector. Different types of learning styles will be discussed out of which one’s own
preferred style can be chosen. Different domains of learning are also discussed in the report.
Having knowledge of all these theories, strategies can be made to provide healthcare services
according to the individual needs of the service users. The assignment also discusses the
learning needs of healthcare workers to ensure effective delivery of services in the workplace.
The healthcare workers face some barriers to providing quality healthcare; the assignment will
also discuss these barriers to learning and ways to overcome these barriers.
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TASK1: ESSAY
INTRODUCTION
In health and social care sector, the healthcare workers face different challenges, these
challenges can be better dealt if a knowledge base can be developed. In the current report,
various theories of learning are discussed and how these theories can be applied to provide
better healthcare is discussed.
AC1.1 EXPLAIN HOW DIFFERENT DOMAINS OF LEARNING APPLY TO LEARNING
IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Benjamin Bloom defined three domains of learning to classify the educational learning. The
three domains are cognitive, affective and psychomotor domain (Adams, 2015). The first
domain is applied in traditional education systems. These three domains are explained below:
COGNITIVE DOMAIN
This is the knowledge-based domain and is divided into six levels which are remembering,
understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating and creating. To acquire knowledge some facts,
terms and concepts need to be remembered as it is, while some facts need to be understood by
comprehending the basic concept and stating the basic ideas of the theory. Applying is the
process of solving some specific problems based on the knowledge acquired by learning. In
analysing, the interrelation of one concept with some other concept is established. Synthesizing
involves making the concept better by applying the knowledge and innovating new ways to
improve the quality, and in evaluating the feasibility of ideas in various external applications is
assessed.
AFFECTIVE DOMAIN
This domain is the emotion-based domain and involves five levels namely, receiving,
responding, valuing, organizing and characterizing. This domain describes the reaction of
people based on emotions and ability to feel the state of others by keeping themselves in their
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place. The lowest level is receiving where the student pays attention to learn something. In
responding state, the student starts reacting (Cannon and Feinstein, 2014). In valuing stage the
student understands the value of knowledge gained. Organising involves collecting different
ideas learned and applying them in real life situations. The characterising is the state of
acquiring abstract knowledge.
PSYCHOMOTOR DOMAIN
This is the action based domain. In this learning domain, students learn the practical
applications of the theories learned. They also learn to manipulate various tools. The first state
is the perception in which inner sensory signals are used to make judgments. For example, a
chef decides the slow down the flame by smelling and tasting the food. The guided responses
may also be required for performing some difficult tasks. By applying trial and error method
proficiency is achieved by practice. By continuous practice, accuracy in performance can be
achieved and the tasks are performed with proficiency and confidence. Adaptation is equally
important to modify the existing patterns according to the requirement of the systems or to
solve a specific problem.
AC1.3 ANALYSE HOW THEORIES OF LEARNING RELATE TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND SKILLS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL
CARE
The Bloom's Taxonomy of learning explained three types of learning domains which are
associated with knowledge, emotion and sensory experience. In addition to this, Humanistic
and behaviouristic theories are also studied to improve the quality of services in health and
social care sector. Health and social care organisations work with an aim to provide a healthy
lifestyle to the patients by providing healthcare services according to the need of individual
service users (Kim, et al. 2012).
The Bloom's model of learning is used by the healthcare professional to improve the learning
process of healthcare professionals. This model provides a list of basic learning activities which
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