Learning To Learn: A Lifelong Process Prepared by Margaret Polly Claborn, RN, MSN, PNP Fall 2009

Where Learning Occurs

Meaningful Whole Brain Learning

Brain Transmissions Neurons transmit impulses along an axon and across the synapse to the dendrites of the neighboring cell

1,000,000,000,000,000 synapses Learning occurs by changing the synapses so that the influence of one neuron on another also changes. The more complex the skills demanded in an occupation, the more dendrites were found on the neurons – creates more sites in which to store meaningful learning

How the Brain Learns Connections the brain finds useful become permanent; those not useful are eliminated as the brain selectively strengthens and prunes connections based on experience. How can you apply this to learning nursing?

Cerebral Mode R I G H T M O D E N V B A L L E F T M O D V R B A Logical Analytical Fact Based Qualitative Holistic Intuitive Integrating Synthesizing Organized Sequential Planned Detailed Interpersonal Emotional Kinesthetic Feeling Based Limbic Mode

Learning and Consciousness

What Is Your Leaning Style?

Active Learning

Watch Demonstration – 50% How do we learn? Participate – 100% Simulate – 90% Teach – 70% Watch Demonstration – 50% Watch Video – 40% View – 30% Hear – 20% Read – 10% Action Learning: Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Visual Learning: Understand Apply How much do we remember? Verbal Learning: Remember Understand http://www.lifeadventurecenter.org/images/HowDoWeLearnPyramid.gif Denver School of Nursing NRS 358 Topics of Professional Nursing I

Blooms Revised Taxonomy: Cognitive Domain of Learning Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering Blooms Revised Taxonomy: Cognitive Domain of Learning https//ww.apa.org/ed/new_blooms.html Denver School of Nursing NRS 358 Topics of Professional Nursing I

Bloom’s Affective Domain of Learning Internalizing Values Organization Valuing Responding Receiving Bloom’s Affective Domain of Learning Denver School of Nursing NRS 358 Topics of Professional Nursing I

Bloom’s Psychomotor Domain of Learning Perception Set Guided response Mechanism Complex overt response Adaptation Origination Bloom’s Psychomotor Domain of Learning Responding Denver School of Nursing NRS 358 Topics of Professional Nursing I