This assignment will assist you to position yourself as a teacher facilitator of active learning by discussing the following:

enable) learning by guiding the student.

We talk about active learning to highlight that learning is something done by the student. A student who seeks his/her own answers is an active learner. A student who expects the teacher to produce the answers is passive.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: IN THIS ASSIGNMENT ACADEMIC ARTICLES REQUIRED, AS A COLLABORATIVE I WILL SEND SOME ARTICLES FOR YOU AND YOU NEED TO SEE SOME OF THEM, ALSO YOU CAN COMBINED WHAT I SEND TO YOU AND  WHAT YOU HAVE, that’s fine.

• Describe active learning and justify this approach to your teaching setting and learner

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• What is active learning?

• Why is active learning suitable for my group and my teaching setting (think about the group of learners you will be teaching and the setting eg clinical or classroom).

• Discuss the theories of learning and teaching that best inform an active learning approach to

than one perspective. It involves description (summary) and critique.

So here you need to do two things or answer two questions.

• What are the learning and teaching theories that support the idea of active learning for adults? (this is the summary or description part)
• What are the strengths and limitations of these theories? What is said about these theories by different authors? (this is the critique part).

For example,

Using humanistic and cognativism and behaviorism n my learning approach.

• Discuss considerations that must be taken into account in order to achieve active learning engagement when planning teaching sessions in clinical or classroom environment (nurses).

side-by-side with a student or that you are a clinical educator. Think about the different environments in which the student will be working (as a student in practice or after graduation), eg. as a nurse in a hospital ward (clinical) or as a nurse or nursing student learning in a classroom. The student’s attention and way of learning will be different in each of these settings. This question is asking how you would do to engage the student in active learning in each of these settings, begin so different and offering so many different things to the student.

• Undertake a literature search to determine what education experts in health care practice advocate to achieve excellence in teaching and learning

readings that will help you understand this topic.  However, you’re expected to find books and articles by yourself, too (these are called ‘literature’).  In particular, you should search for literature published within the last five years in the field of health professional education.

• Discuss the main points using the literature to substantiate your position

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• Be concise within the 2,500 word

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