Selection and

organization of learning
experiences

Sameeksha
Nursing Tutor
ACN
 DEFINTION
Learning
 “Any relatively permanent change or
modification of behavior that results as a
result of practice or experience”
- Murthy, Gates andothers
Experience
• It is lesson one learns as a result of or from
his/her interaction with people in various and
varied situation and/or with the
environment.

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 LEARNING EXPEREINCE
 It is defined as deliberately
planned experienced in
selected situations, where
students actively participate,
interact, and which result in
the changes of behavior in the
students.

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 OBJECTIVES OF LEARNING
EXPERIENCE
 Imparting the knowledge
 The acquisition of skills
 Development of aesthetic sense or taste
(Appreciation)
 Motivation
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 SELECTION OF
LEARNING
EXPEREINCE

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CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION
OF LEARNING EXPEREINCES
 Learning experience selected should be consistent with the
educational philosophy
 Learning experience should be varied andflexible
 Provide sufficient opportunity to practice or self-activity,
 It should provide opportunity for the development of independent
thinking and study, decision-making, good judgement, intellectual
resourcefulness, self-discipline etc.

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CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF
LEARNING EXPEREINCES
 Learning experience should be adapted to the needs and concern
of the student
 learning experience are arranged in a manner that provides
continuity, sequential development, logistic manner, correlation
and integration of theory, practice andclinical learning
experience which will facilitate effective learning.
 CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION
OF LEARNING EXPEREINCES
 Learning experience are selected and arranged to give the
appropriate emphasis and weightage
 Learning experience is consistent with the aims of democratic
society.
 Learning experience are structured so that general and specific
objectives will be attained
 Encourage and promote motivation at appropriate time and in a
manner that will stimulate curiosity of the students
 Provide variety of learning experience with selected content
 It has involve all the senses in the learning process to achieve
maximum learning

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CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF
LEARNING EXPEREINCES
 By learning experience maximize the responsibilities of the
learner
 Utilize resources and media in organizing learning
experience
 Create interest and desire for morelearning
 Learning experience should be planned ahead oftime
 It will deeper and broader understanding & increases skillon
the students
 It should be in chronological order
 Use maximum of teaching in planning learning experience

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COMPONENTS OF LEARNING
EXPEREINCE
• There are 3 components of learning experience:
• Selected learning situations,
• Learning activities undertaken by concerned students
• Interaction between learning situations and Learning
activities
• These learning experiences in theory are theoretical learning
experiences, can be in practical, i.e. skill learning in the
laboratory and live setting i.e.in hospitals, clinical and various
community setting. Many experiences will also comprise
combination of both theory and practical simultaneously.
 COMPONENTS OF LEARNING
EXPEREINCE

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 PRINCIPLES TO BE FOLLOWED IN SELECTING
LEARNINGEXPERIENCE
 Purposes and objectives in view
 Learning activities related to life situation where the students are
expected to practice after being qualified
 Integration of learning experience between theory and practice
 Identified tasks and their expected jobs.
 Focus of selecting learning activities should be:
- Need and demands of learners,community,national and the world
population
- Community oriented and hospital oriented
- Level of prevention
- Nursing care practice at all 3 levels of health care
 Development of student’s logical and analytical thinking
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 PRINCIPLES TO BE FOLLOWED WHILE
PROVIDING LEARNING EXPERIENCE
 Proceed from
 Principle of diagnostic and
 Principle of aim
remedial teaching
 Learning by doing
 Principle of looking ahead
 Principle of linking
 Principle of creativity
 Principle of planning
 Systematic exposition
 Principle of interest  Clear understanding
& motivation
 Principle of revision and
 Principle of sympathy &
fixation
kind atmosphere
 Area to be selected for
 Principle of flexibility
learning experience
& cooperation
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 ROLE OF INSTRUCTOR IN SELECTION OF
LEARNING EXPERIENCE
 The teacher has to prepare relevant instructional objectives for the
tasks
 Principles of learning have to be kept in mind while planning
learning experience
 Arrange content in accordance with the planning
 List teaching points, student’s abilities to bedeveloped, decide on
teaching method
 Analyze and organize the elements of topics skills into effective
learning experience
 From specific objectives identify the abilities to be developed
 Choose learning aids based on student abilities andthe specific
objectives
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 ROLE OF INSTRUCTOR IN SELECTION OF
LEARNING EXPERIENCE
 Suitable references have to be referred
 Provide learning experience, evaluate, verify theachievements
of the objectives
 Interpret results of evaluation for medical work
 Provide guidance and counselling for thelearner
 Estimate the time to be taken to teach the topic i.e. number of
hours for theory and practical's.

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 ORGANIZATION OF
LEARNING
EXPEREINCE

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 CONCEPT…
 Organization of learning experiences has to be done carefully,
systematically, and sequentially.
 Organizing involves identification and grouping of activities to be
performed along with establishment of authority responsibility
relationships.
 In organizing learning experience two aspect arenecessary:
- Grouping learning experience under subjectheadings
- Placement of the selected learning experience

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 ELEMENT OF ORGANIZINGTHE
LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Grouping learning experiences under subject headings

Preparation of master plan for curriculum

Placement of learning experiences in the total curriculum

Preparation of the correlation chart

Organization of clinical experience

Types of teaching system to be followed

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 Grouping learning experiencesunder
subject headings…

 Subject matter can be grouped into humanities,

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 Preparation of master plan for curriculum

 It will guide the teacher in the

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 Placement of learning experiences in the
total curriculum

 All elements of the curriculum should be related to one

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 Preparation of the correlation chart
 Preparation of correlation chart will help to identify the
extend of correlation achieved in the total curriculum in
relation to the different courses of study and the various
subjects and clinical experience offered in the programme.

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 Organization of clinical experience

 It is the vital element in the curriculum of any nursing educational

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 Teaching system
 Teaching of various subjects can be organized in different ways
like complete block or teaching block system, partial block
system, study day system and daily classes.

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Teaching system
• Teaching Block System:
• For each course or subject, there is a prescribed theory hours.
While planning for a course, we have to plan for both theory
and practical. In teaching block, only the subject content or
theory is taken for a prescribed period.
• It is so planned that it is spread at intervals throughout the
curriculum.
• Partial block system
• The study, teaching block can be partial teaching block. In
partial teaching block the students have theory instructions in
the morning and clinical experiences in the afternoon or vice
versa. In this system daily classes will be required for longer
duration to finish the courses.
Teaching system
• Study Day system:
• One day in a week can be completely planned for theory
classes for students.
• Daily classes:
• The classes for students are held daily, regularly each day. The
students will be in the field in the morning and attended the
classes in the afternoon or vice versa.