Understanding the Learning Process in Health and Social Care Environment

understanding the learning
process

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................1
TASK 1- ESSAY...............................................................................................................2
EXPLAINING THE MANNER IN WHICH VARIOUS DOMAINS OF LEARNING ARE
APPLICABLE TO LEARNING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE.................................2
ANALYSIS OF HOW THE LEARNING THEORIES ARE RELATABLE TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND SKILLS IN THE HEALTH CARE
ENVIRONMENT...........................................................................................................4
TASK 2- CASE STUDY....................................................................................................6
1.2 EXPLAINING VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH LEARNING CAN TAKE PLACE IN
THE WORKPLACE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE.................................................6
TASK 3- ESSAY...............................................................................................................7
EXPLAINING CONCEPTS OF LEARNING STYLES...................................................7
EXPLAINING FACTORS THAT IMPACT EFFECTIVE LEARNING DEVELOPMENT. 7
TESTING OWN LEARNING STYLE USING VARK SYSTEM......................................9
ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT MY OWN LEARNING IN
RELATION TO LEARNING THEORY........................................................................10
TASK 4- CASE SCENARIO...........................................................................................11
FACTORS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED IN WORKPLACE
LEARNING PLAN.......................................................................................................11
PRESENTING RELEVANT TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORTING
OTHER’S LEARNING IN THE HEALTH CARE WORKPLACE..................................12
SUGGESTING STRATEGY FOR DELIVERING AND ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING
IN WORKPLACE IN HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT..............................................13
EXPLAINING BARRIERS TO LEARNING ENCOUNTERED BY INDIVIDUALS IN
WORKPLACE.............................................................................................................14
DESCRIBING METHODS USED FOR IDENTIFYING THE LEARNING NEEDS OF
SERVICE USERS AND STAFF..................................................................................15
EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES USED FOR SUPPORTING
INDIVIDUALS NEEDS................................................................................................16
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................... 17
REFERENCES...............................................................................................................18
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INTRODUCTION
The development of the individuals in the healthcare environment depends on their
learning abilities and the capability to comprehend the new findings and learning. In the
assignment, firstly, an essay will be written that will provide aid in comprehending
various learning theories. Furthermore, after studying the case study of Mr Smith, the
patient and Elma, the care worker, the various impacts of the learning styles will be
studied that affect the individual’s learning abilities. Moreover, an essay will be written
suggesting the strategies for assessment and delivering the process of learning in the
workplace of a healthcare environment. Lastly, as per the case scenario is given about
the assistant manager in a care home, he will be involved in creating a plan for
safeguarding that will help him understand the manner in which support can be provided
to the learning requirements of the individuals in health and social care environment.
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TASK 1- ESSAY
INTRODUCTION
The essay will cover the different domains of learning with the help of Bloom’s
taxonomy of learning followed by the analysis of how the learning theories are relatable
to the skill development in the healthcare environment.
DISCUSSION
EXPLAINING THE MANNER IN WHICH VARIOUS DOMAINS OF LEARNING
ARE APPLICABLE TO LEARNING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
The understanding of the way in which different domains of learning can be applied to
the learning process can be done from the Bloom’s taxonomy of learning (Forehand,
2010). It is basically a set of 3 hierarchical models that are used for classifying the
objectives of educational learning in various levels of complication and specificity. The
domains in Bloom’s taxonomy are-
Cognitive- This domain is also called knowledge-based domain which is further
classified into 6 levels of objectives which are knowledge, comprehending, applying the
acquired knowledge, analyzing which include the analysis of information in various
parts, synthesizing that involves building a pattern or a particular structure from different
elements and evaluating involving the presentation of the defensive opinions.
Figure 1: Bloom’s taxonomy of learning
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Affective- The skills in this domain provide the description regarding the emotional
reactions of individuals and their capability for feeling other’s pleasures or pain (Adams,
2015). In this domain, 5 levels are present from the lowest to highest order processes
which are-
 Receiving- includes paying attention and remembering the learning
 Responding- reacting to the stimulus and responding to it
 Valuing- linking values to the acquired knowledge
 Organizing- accommodating the values, ideas and information in a schema and
then connecting and elaborating on the learning
 Characterizing
Psychomotor- This is the action based domain where physical movement and
coordination is being used and gives emphasis on the change or the development in
behaviour and skills. 7 levels in this domain are proposed by Simpsons (Adams, 2015)-
 Perception- the capability of using the cues for guiding motor activity
 Set- involves the promptness for acting comprising the physical, emotional and
mental sets.
 Guided response- involves the trial and error in earlier learning stages of the
complex skills
 Mechanism- the responses of learning are habitual and the actions can be
performed proficiently with confidence
 Complex overt response- the motor acts are skillfully performed involving the
complicated movement patterns
 Adaptation- well development of skills and the people have the ability to modify
the patterns of movement so as to meet special requirements
 Origination- development of new patterns of movement for fitting to some
specific problems
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ANALYSIS OF HOW THE LEARNING THEORIES ARE RELATABLE TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND SKILLS IN THE HEALTH CARE
ENVIRONMENT
The learning theories are divided into 3 categories namely cognitive, humanistic, and
behaviourist. These theories have a relation to the development of skills and
understanding for the individuals in the healthcare environment.
Cognitivism- This theory was developed from Gestalt theory. It gives emphasis on the
perception of people, their ability to learn and solve the problems and the other mental
processes. In the healthcare environment from the viewpoint of Gestalt theory, the care
provider perceives the situations from a holistic point of view rather than breaking down
into subunits. This changes their perception totally (Ertmer and Newby, 2013).
This helps the care providers to develop skills of understanding and perceiving the
information, interpret it and then recognize the correct information to be conveyed. For
instance, at the workplace, the cognitive theory helps the caring person to understand
and perceive the condition and thinking of elderly people, then interpret the information
they want to convey and finally recognize it.
Behaviourist- This theory gives emphasis to the behaviours that are objectively
observed and deducts the self-governing activities of the mind. In this theory, learning
is nothing but the acquiring of a new behaviour according to the changing environmental
conditions.
So the employees in health care place adapt to the changing environment and conduct
learning of skills and understanding them as per the needs (Jonassen and Land, 2012).
Humanistic- It involves observation of other's behaviour and their outcomes. The
individuals are themselves liable for their actions and are independent to change their
actions and behaviour. But the actions need to be conscious and rational, must be
controlled by the biological urges (Moon, 2013).
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