Topic 1: Teaching and Learning Styles
Learning styles represent the different approaches to learning based on preferences, weaknesses, and strengths. For learners to best achieve the desired educational outcome, learning styles must be considered when creating a plan. Complete “The VARK Questionnaire,” located on the VARK website, and then complete the following:
In a paper (7501,000 words), summarize your analysis of this exercise and discuss the overall value of learning styles. Include the following:
Cite to at least three peer reviewed or scholarly sources to complete this assignment. Sources should be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria.
Personal learning profiles can be determined with the use of the VARK questionnaire in order to personalize learning preferences to help develop additional, effective strategies for learning and for improving communication skills. The VARK learning style model was introduced by Neil Fleming in 2006 and represents four modalities: visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic learning styles, developed in hopes to guide students to become better learners (Khanal, Koirala, & Shah, 2014). In correlation with the VARK analysis this student will provide a summary of their learning style as well as favored learning styles, compare learning strategy preferences to the identified strategies for their favored learning styles, and also discuss how the awareness of individual learning styles, preferences, and strategies influence teaching and learning.
Nurses, of all health professionals, devote the majority of their time to one on one patient care giving them multiple opportunities to recognize educational needs as well as the readiness to take in and comprehend new information and behaviors. The population nurses care for is quite diverse consisting of varied socioeconomic backgrounds, wide ranges of ages, diverse cultural background, previous educational experiences, levels of competency, and desired learning strategies. Effective teaching can be
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