Athabasca University: Teaching-Learning Philosophy Development

This assignment details a student's teaching-learning philosophy, emphasizing a holistic approach that integrates experiential, social, formal, and healthcare-based activities. Grounded in 21st-century principles, the philosophy prioritizes skills development and incorporates interpersonal learning to foster collaboration and effective healthcare practices. The student adopts a "teach-well, test-well, treat-well" philosophy, aligning with cognitive and social constructivism theories to enhance learning capabilities and promote collaborative relationships. The essay explores the application of these philosophies in practical healthcare scenarios, such as managing medical conditions and communicating with healthcare teams. It also includes a table outlining teaching strategies, cognitive domains, and rationales for promoting effective learning, focusing on understanding, evaluation, and application of knowledge in the context of diabetes management and nutrition. The student believes their values and learning beliefs will help them execute their roles as a healthcare professional.

Running head: DEVELOPMENT OF A TEACHING LEARNING PHILOSOPHY 1
Development of Teaching-Learning Philosophy
Name
Institution

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This part of the assignment will be mainly concerned with the development of
professional learning philosophy. My learning philosophy is primarily concerned with a holistic
approach that focuses on skills development and learning capabilities that will enable me to
perfectly integrate experiential, social, formal, and healthcare based provision activities. My
learning philosophy is mainly based on the principles of the 21st century that will enable me to
develop the necessary skills of a healthcare professional. With this learning and skills
acquisition, I am much determined that I will contribute positively to healthcare in the future.
I also intend to incorporate the interpersonal learning mechanism. I firmly believe that the
incorporation of this particular philosophy will be quite helpful for me in terms of collaborating
and interacting with other experts in the healthcare professional. I think that a collaborative
learning style will help me to understand different aspects of healthcare professionals. It will
help to device new ways of handling certain related complications and difficulties concerning
healthcare (Akan & Basar, 2013). I also believe that the use of an interpersonal learning
philosophy will help me develop the right attitude in the field of healthcare. I think this will
enable me to thrive and ensure a perfect healthcare provision for patients and various people who
are in need. The teaching philosophy recommended here is the teach-well test-well and treat-well
philosophy. Through individual incorporation of the teaching philosophy, I strongly believe that
the philosophy will help me in unveiling my full potential as a healthcare professional. This goes
beyond just teaching but utilizing the learned skills in delivering effective healthcare for the
individuals or patients who are in need. The philosophy is also beneficial in the creation of a
healthcare environment that is psychologically safe.
My interpersonal learning philosophy relates effectively to cognitive theory. Through the
incorporation of cognitive theory, I can expand my learning capabilities and intellectual horizon.

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This plays a vital role in having a faster ability to find solutions to problems existing in
healthcare. The incorporation of the cognitive learning theory will also help me to advance on
my healthcare skills. Cognitive theory encourages the exploration of knowledge with a high level
of enthusiasm. Another foundation for the cognitive theory is an information professional. This
aspect of cognitivism is very essential in terms of developing a faster response to complicated
healthcare situations for any healthcare professional. It will, therefore, enable me to
conceptualize my learning process. As elaborated in this discussion, cognitive theory forms a
more significant aspect of my learning philosophy. It is likely to contribute immensely to my
growth as a healthcare professional in society.
Social constructivism is also another learning theory that plays a vital role in the
promotion of my learning philosophy. The emphasis of this theory is mainly on the collaborative
nature of professional relationships. This is important as a knowledge acquisition technique and
promotes advancements of healthcare techniques and skills. It can thus be noted that these two
theories are essential in teams of supporting both my learning and teaching philosophy with the
main aim of becoming highly competent healthcare professionals in society.
As a healthcare professional, I believe that my values believe in teaching, and learning
immensely affects my role as a healthcare philosophy. My learning beliefs is quite central as it
determines whether I am acquiring the right knowledge for the healthcare job. Having the right
experience is fundamental in terms of completing my roles as a professional (Ferholt et al.,
2015). I believe that through the use of the learning philosophy, I am in the best position to
acquire more knowledge that will help me to deal effectively with other situations which are
related to healthcare. With this belief, I firmly believe that I will execute my healthcare roles
with high levels of competency that will enable me to thrive in the healthcare world. With a

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proper interpersonal learning philosophy, I will also be in the best position to share information
with other experts, and this will help me to execute my roles effectively.
An example of how my teaching philosophy will help me in executing my roles as a
healthcare professional is discussed below. An example of where the teach-well, test-well and
teach well philosophy is seen when practically handling a medical solution. This philosophy is
convenient here as it will help to handle such situations without and form of hesitation. The
teaching philosophy will also be applicable when collaboratively managing a medical condition
(Zegwaard & Campbell, 2014). When other members of the health team have to be briefed on
the situation, the philosophy can be applied in such cases.
The learning and teaching philosophies relate quite effectively with those initially stated
in units 2 and 3. Some of the stated concepts that were recommended to promote effective
learning and to teach for a health care professional includes the incorporation of creativity
(Sherlock & Williamson, 2014). Creativity as a concept involves capturing the attention of the
learner. This will help in the development of a productive relationship for better learning and
teaching outcomes.

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Table
Learning
Objective Teaching Strategies Rationale For Selection of Teaching
Strategy
Cognitive domain
By the end of the
lesson the learners
should be able to
describe the
importance of diet
and nutrition in the
management of
diabetes.
The teacher should
encourage the
learners to find the
meaning of
instructional
messages which may
either be written, oral
or visual. The
strategies should
involve interpreting,
giving examples,
classifying,
summarizing,
inferring, giving
comparisons or
explanations towards
the objectives.
The main aim the teaching strategies is to
ensure that focus is placed on
understanding information and concepts.
If the connections between the concepts
are well understood through evaluation
and analysis, break down of information
and rebuilt logically, then the retention of
the material and hence it understanding
will also increase.
Evaluating, analyzing and applying
require for the information to be
processed. It involves paying attention to
only the most important information
required. It also encourages processing of
the information through one or more of
the senses. Information is then stored in
short term memory where depending on
how it was processed is either stored or
forgotten (Komenda et al., 2017).
Applying encourages action which
depends on how information was stored
and processed.
Video Simulation
Transcript

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Teacher: Hello, welcome to today’s class. Our main focus today is to ensure that we can
describe the importance of diet and nutrition in managing diabetes. From the pictures on
the board who can identify the foods that should be avoided by diabetic patients and why
do you think they are harmful? Now who can tell me the foods that are important in
ensuring that diabetes does not progress in patients? As stated by one of you, it is seen
that sugary foods should be avoided because they increase the levels of blood sugar
which is not ideal for people living with diabetes. Therefore, it is important to eat a
healthy balanced diet while avoiding processed foods if we are to manage diabetes
effectively.

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