What enables successful workplace learning? Module 2

In your experiences of workplace learning, what has made a difference? @NHS_HealthEdEng

Constructivism.. The mind actively creating knowledge through experience @NHS_HealthEdEng

“When I chisel at a wheel, if I go slow, the chisel slides and does not stay put; if I hurry, it jams and doesn’t move properly. When it is neither too slow or too fast, I can feel it in my hand and respond to it from my heart. My mouth cannot describe it in words, but there is something there. I cannot teach it to my son, and my son cannot learn it from me. So, I have gone on for seventy years, growing old chiselling wheels. The men of old died in possession of what they could not transmit. So, it follows that what you are reading are their dregs.” Account by Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi (369-286 BC) Wheelwright talking to a powerful general

(the what, the facts, the who) Performance Practical Theories in use Tacit knowledge Knowing how (the how) Facts Technical Formal theories Formal or codified knowledge Knowing that (the what, the facts, the who) The literature uses a number of terms to describe the knowing how to do something versus the knowing that / or the what. Explain and discuss as a whole group

A dynamic interaction…. Teacher Learner Learning From past experience of doing this exercise I have listed the following (go through them briefly and compare with the list the group generated). Check group happy with these. Experience / content Environment

Definition of workplace learning ‘the product of participation in social practice through engagement in workplace activities, and access to support and guidance’. Billett @NHS_HealthEdEng

Key findings about integrating practice experiences (Billett) Experiences alone insufficient: need building on Importance of preparing trainees for experiences Importance of support during experiences Importance of helping them to connect experiences Trainees’ ‘readiness’ is key factor shaping their learning Incremental exposure to practice-based experience and progression @NHS_HealthEdEng

‘ultimately workplace learning boils down to people showing a genuine interest in each other, their development as practitioners, and their patients’ (Teunissen) @NHS_HealthEdEng

Environment - Induction Teacher - Role modelling Learner - Learning needs Content - Lesson planning @NHS_HealthEdEng

WBPA CEPS Case analysis summative GP Training Formative ES Report PDP Reflective log Competency areas