Applying a Learning Theory

CHERESE WOODS
STUDENT NO: 14529964
SUBJECT CODE NS5342
STUDY PERIOD 81 2024
DURATION 4 MINS 30 SECONDS
 Education is important in healthcare.

Introduction The topic is educating new graduate

to the Chosen midwives to teach breastfeeding to new
Topic mothers.

A learning theory to use in teaching

planning is constructivism.
Target Learners and Their Healthcare Context

Target audience – recently

graduated midwife nurses.
They are responsible for helping
new mothers breastfeed.
Healthcare context – a lack of
proper education for these
professionals.
Source: “Nurse Midwife,” n.d.
They often do not know how to
educate females (Mulcahy et al.,
2022).
 Constructivism is one of the most effective learning
theories.

Selected
Thampinathan (2022) mentions the contributions of
Learning Jean Piaget, John Dewey, and Lev Vygotsky.
Theory

The five principles of the theory:

recognizing that people are
new knowledge is built on
acquiring information is a valuing individual opinions always evolving and
experience and previous learning is an active process
social construct is important creating new perceptions of
findings
reality is essential
 Constructivism “states that authority
must be shared between the learner
and the educator” (Thampinathan,
2022, p. 28).
Participants will ask questions and
require additional information when
needed.
Applicability
The education will be more
comfortable and productive due to the
of the Theory
applied theory.
Source: Center for Leadership Education in
Active usage of dialogue and
Maternal & Child Public Health, n.d.
interactive activities and tasks
(Mukhalalati & Taylor, 2019).
 Students are granted higher autonomy
in the learning process (Thampinathan,
2022).

Applicability Educators will only guide the

of the Theory participants and answer their questions.

Curiosity and the discussion of

contradictions are promoted by
constructivism.
 Inexperienced midwives have to be
taught about the breastfeeding process.

Constructivism is effective in
Conclusion addressing this training need.

The theory focuses on learners and

emphasizes sharing knowledge and
asking questions.
 Center for Leadership Education in Maternal & Child Public Health. (n.d.).
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