Friday, September 21, 2012

Cognitive Learning Theory

Cognitive Learning Theory Cognitive learning theory has a place in nursing education as well as behavior learning theory. We tend to do more with cognitive learning theory than behavior. I try to make connections so that the learner can make sense to new knowledge. There are so many facts to remember and our brain needs help to retain this information. Just today, I was talking on fetal alcohol syndrome and was able to YouTube and found some interesting images to help the student to process and make that connection between a normal baby and a fetal alcohol baby. The learner is mostly self-directed and use real lived experiences to connect theory with clinical practice. In nursing, we say this a lot, we just want our students to think outside the box. Concept is one way for the learner to see the big picture before his patient condition is not so good. The concept map helps the learner to gather up data, organize his thoughts from simple to complex. Also, helps to linked concepts and show a relationship between the two. This is a good collaborative activity for the student to brainstorm their ideas. According to Orey (2012) shorten memory has to have time to process, then move on to deeper learning that lead to long term memory. In general, this learning theory strategy would be helpful for the educator if she does the following: (a), have learners indicate how they believe they learn, (b), assess the student’s mistake, (c) be attentive on the student on their ability to remember things (Bastable, 2008). Bastable, S. (2008). Nurse as educator: Principles of teaching and learning for nursing practice (3rd Ed.). Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC. Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Cognitive learning theories [Motion picture]. Bridging learning theory, instruction, and technology. Los Angeles: Laureate Education, Inc.
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  1. latriceSeptember 22, 2012 at 10:42 AM

    Youtube is great for tutorials for anyone. A teacher can talk to a student about a topic until they are blue in the face to get the point across. Once a picture is shown on the topic it makes it more real. Like fetal alcohol syndrome we are taught not to do certain things when you are pregnant. Once a picture is shown that shows the outcomes of drinking while pregnant puts it in to perspective for most responsible people.

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    1. The White'sSeptember 23, 2012 at 4:28 PM

      So true Latrice. A picture can tell a student a lot. In my maternity class I can reinforced content information and make the content real. I loved to showed short movies from you tube. I do looked at them thoroughly to make sure ther is no false information.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 22, 2012 at 7:50 PM

    As educators it is important that we move students’ processing of information from their working (short term) memory to long term memory where students can create network with the new information and make connections. Using images along with text data enhances this experience and is very powerful tool in the classroom. Dr. Orey talked about Paivio’s dual coding hypothesis, where people processing information use images and text or smell and text which are store in different areas of the brain (Laureate, 2012). An association is form; the image stored helps to trigger the text data. Thus teachers need to plan their lessons appealing to multiple sensory learning.

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    Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). Cognitive learning theories. [Video webcast]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_1374104_1%26url%3D

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    1. The White'sSeptember 23, 2012 at 4:33 PM

      Leonie

      I am a visual learner. A lot of ways that I present information is how I would liked to received the information. We do need to know what kind of learners we have in our class. I tried to use various strategy helped the learner to make a connection between concepts.

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  3. middleschoolmathtechDecember 27, 2012 at 6:41 PM

    Susan, You started your blog post saying the cognitive Learning Theory has a place in nursing education. I think the cognitive learning theory has a place in all aspects of our world. We use the cognitive learning theory when dealing with social issues. An example is a new ESL middle school student who needs to remember classmates’ names as well as television and music shows other students are chatting about. They need to engage in social conversations to fit in the group. Students also use the cognitive learning theory for physical issues. An example is eating and exercise programs that work. Students who play sports need to learn, remember and use rules. Finally, intelligence issues are used in school when learners make connections and relate to concepts

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