It was a good session and as many of the fellow mentors agree we do need to revise on the learning theories. It's been a while since I looked the learning theories and today was a good opportunity to do so. Caroline gave us useful handouts and the group discussions were very lively. It was also valuable learning experience working in groups made up of students and mentors.
In my view all the learning theories we looked at (Behaviorist, Cognitive, Social, Humanistic, Experiential and Andragogic) have all been influential in learning and teaching in nursing. These theories are useful in helping us understand how we learn and to to understand the complex process of learning. I do value the experiential theory too, as a mentor I have seen how learning by experience has it's value in nursing and in teaching student nurses in practice.
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