In-Service Learning Reflection

Teaching is not only sharing knowledge and providing guidance for people to understand, it is also about learning. I’ve had prior teaching opportunities and have done a number of work-related, in-service education sessions in my place of employment, most considered informal. Presenting and teaching to an unfamiliar audience in the community, however, it’s a whole different experience. It’s an experience where I learned a great deal. This paper will discuss the overall teaching experience including; topic selected, the rationale and how it was presented, the learning theory applied and what materials were used during the session and the audience’s evaluation, as well as my personal evaluation of this valuable experience.
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Using a “Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT)” analysis method during the health assessment, officials also gathered that community members were concerned about “not getting shots” to prevent disease and overall access to healthcare (Arizona Health Matters, 2012). The Hispanic population accounts for 30% of the population in Maricopa County (Arizona Health Matters, 2012) and the lack of awareness of public health in this population may be attributed to language barrier. Furthermore, during the 2012 assessment, communities in Maricopa County voiced their concerns for lack of affordable health care and the quality of early childhood education (Arizona Health Matters, 2012). In a 2009-2013 measurement period, the percentage of families living below the poverty level in Maricopa County was 12.2% and the rate of children living below poverty level returned a 23.9% result (Arizona Health Matters, n.d.). The level of poverty plays a role in families being able to obtain adequate health maintenance and preventive health care such as,