This paper will show how I was able to build upon skills that I have gained throughout this program to develop, implement and evaluate a teaching in learning plan. For this project I will identify my population of learns, what characteristics are important to these learners and how I was able to evaluate the effectives of the teaching and learning plan.
Planning Process
For this project, my teaching and learning plan was developed for a group of learners that returned to school to gain a skill for their employer. They are learning to become medication mangers. The class is designed for certified nursing assistants to gain the skill to pass medications safely. It is a certificate program, which runs for seven weeks plus a four …show more content…
The middle-aged adulthood stage, this is a group of learners, they’re” have a developed sense of self-worth, concerned with physical changes, at the peak of their career, reflective on contributions to family and society” (pg. 171). This is important to have an understanding of who the learners are within each group. In knowing this general information about each group of learners, Bastable identifies that the following teaching strategies to consider, for the young adulthood,” use problem-centered focus, draw on meaning full experiences, focus on immediacy of application, encourage active participation, allow to set own pace, organize material, recognize social roles and apply new knowledge through role playing and hands on experiences” (Bastable, 2014, pg.171). The middle-aged adulthood learner,” focus on maintain independent and reestablishing normal life patterns, assess positive and negative past experiences with learning, access potential sources of life stressors, provide information to coincide with life concerns and …show more content…
As I review the different theories, the psychodynamic theory is appropriate for this group of learner. Bastable identifies that the role of the educator with this theory, is to listen and pose questions to stimulate conscious awareness or insight (Bastable, 2014, pg.) In this theory that the educator has the understanding that the learners lifestyle, past experience and current emotional conflicts influences what is learned and how it is remembered or performed (Bastable, 2014, pg.). Keeping in mind that this group of learners all have a different background and culture, can influences how they