EDUCATOR'S ROLE IN THE LEARNING

PROCESS
 Provide information
 Manipulates learning environment
a. assess problems and deficits
b. provide appropriate information and present it
in unique ways
c. identify progress being made
d.give feedback and follow up
e. reinforce learning
f. evaluate learner’s abilities
Educator
 Gives support
 Encouragement
 Direction during learning
process
Assessment of the Learners
 Learning needs (what the learner
needs to learn)
 Readiness to learn ( when the
learner is receptive to learning)
 Learning style (how the learner
best learn)
 Assessment of the Learners
Steps:
1. Identify the learner
2. Choose the right setting
3. Collect data on the learner
4. Include learner as a source of
information
5. Involve members of the healthcare
team
 Assessment of the Learners
Steps:
6.Prioritize Needs
7.Determine availability of educational
resources
8.Assess demands of the organizations
9.Take time-management issues into
account
>Occurs when learner is receptive to
learning and is willing and able to
participate in the learning process
 Methods to Assess Learning Needs
 Informal Conversations
 Structured Interviews
 Focus Groups
 Self-administered
Questionnaires
 Tests
 Observations
 Patient Charts
Assessing Learning Needs of
Nursing Staff
 Evaluate the assumptions of
learning needs assessments,
provides practical advice about
designing a survey needs
assessment and outlines
implementation issues that must
be considered prior to carrying
Methods to determine learning needs
of nursing staff:
1.Written Job Descriptions
 Description of what is required to
effectively carry out job responsibilities
 A source to determine potential learning
needs of staff
2.Formal and Informal Requests
 Educator must verify that these requests
are congruent with the needs of other
staff members
Methods to determine learning needs
of nursing staff:
3. Quality Assurance Reports
 Eg. Incident reports

4. Chart Audits
 Help identify in practice
 Does the staff have a learning need in
terms of the actual learning
Methods to determine learning needs
of nursing staff:

5. Rules and Regulations

 A thorough knowledge of hospital,
professional and healthcare
requirements helps to identify possible
learning needs of staff
 4 Step Appraisals of Needs
Assess learning needs of caregivers and the
organizations in which they practice
1.Define the target population
2.Analyzing learner and organizational needs
3.Analyze perceived needs of the learner and
compare these to the actual needs
4.Use data to prioritize learning needs
identified
Readiness to Learn
 Time when learner
demonstrates an interest in
learning the type or degree of
information necessary to
maintain optimal health or to
become more skillful in a job
 Take a time to take a PEEK at the four
types of readiness to learn

P= Physical Readiness
 Measures of ability
 Complexity of task
 Environmental effects
 Gender
 Take a time to take a PEEK at the four
types of readiness to learn
E=Emotional Readiness
 Anxiety level
 Support System
 Motivation
 Risk-taking behavior
 Frame of mind
 Developmental stage
 Take a time to take a PEEK at the four
types of readiness to learn
E=Experiential Readiness
 Level of aspiration
 Past coping mechanisms
 Cultural background
 Locus of control
 Orientation
 Take a time to take a PEEK at the four
types of readiness to learn
K=Knowledge Readiness
 Present knowledge base
 Cognitive disabilities
 Learning styles
 Learning Styles
 Ways individuals process information
 Educator must recognize that people have different
approaches to learning helps the nurse educator to
understand the various educational interests and needs of
diverse populations
 Learning Style Principle
 Both the style by which the teacher prefers to teach
and the style by which the student prefers to learn can
be identified.
 Teachers need to guard against overteaching by their
own preferred learning styles.
 Teachers are most helpful when they assist students in
identifying and learning through their own style
preferences.
 Students should have the opportunity to learn through
their preferred style.
 Students should be encouraged to diversify their style
preferences.
 Teachers can develop specific learning activities that
reinforce each modality or style