Learning styles Flashcards
What is learning?
the act, process, or experience of gaining knowledge or skill
How does Kolb define learning. Explain what this means.
The process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience
implies knowledge is constantly created and recreated and is subj
Describe global vs linear learning styles.
GLOBAL: look at big picture
LINEAR: look at individual pieces before seeing the whole
Describe the three stimuli based learning styles
VISUAL: see it to learn it
AUDITORY: hear it to learn it
KINESTHETIC: do it to learn it
What are the 4 cognitive learning styles (Kolb)
ACCOMMODATORS: dynamic
- take initiative, carry out plans, tend to take leadership roles
DIVERGERS: imaginative, creative
ASSIMILATORS: analytical, systematic, create models and theories
CONVERGERS: common sense.
- set goals, decisions, test new ideas, solve problems
What are the 5 ways of knowing?
Personal Aesthetic Empirical Ethical Emancipitory
Describe personal knowing.
knowledge of self
- gained through self-reflection
- necessary to develop therapeutic relationships
Describe aesthetic knowing
awareness of the immediate situation
- views the whole situation
- recognizes individuals experience and circumstances as individual
- meaning and connection with human experience
What type of knowing is considered the art of nursing?
aesthetic knowing
What type of knowing is considered the science of knowing?
Empirical knowing
Describe empirical knowing
facts and theory developed from research that direct nursing actions
Describe ethical knowing.
being able to determine right and wrong based on knowledge of moral principles
Describe emancipatory knowing
being able to not only recognize social injustices, but also be able to explore, explain, and propose solutions to them and why they are not noticed by the public
