Using One Learning Theory Critically Discuss the Challenges Faced by Preceptors When Implementing That Theory on Practice Settings

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Learning is defined as a permanent change in mental processing, emotional functioning, and/or behaviour as a result of experience. It is an integral aspect of life, and can require great effort or occur spontaneously without intention. It is a process by which we acquire new knowledge or skills which result in relatively permanent changes in how we think, feel and behave. It is an essential element to healthcare as it allows for individuals to adjust to changing demands and circumstances. For the purpose of this assignment the author has chosen to focus on the experiential learning theory (ELT) and it’s adaptation to facilitate clinical learning for the nurse educator. This theory directly relates to nursing education as it illustrates how individuals construct abstract representations from concrete experiences, which direct later actions. Nursing students strive to practice knowledge gained from lecture materials in actual concrete interactions with patients and likewise its adaptation of transforming experience into knowledge. ELT is a dynamic, holistic, process of learning from experience, based on a learning cycle that resolves the dual dialectics of action/reflection and experience/abstraction. It is applicable to all areas of life, operating at all levels of human society (Parssarelli & Kolb, 2012). According to Wurdinger and Carlson (2010), ELT seeks to address the negative effects of teacher-centred education in which students disengage with the process of passive learning. They conclude that students become bored with listening to teachers, and are most engaging in their learning when active participation and expression of ideas is encouraged. ELT aims to facilitate students with the capabilities to deal with flexible life situations, rather than sole focus on learning academic knowledge. It is the author’s intention to firstly explain this

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