Teaching and Learning Essay: Analysis, Evaluation, and Impact

Questions to Consider While Writing

Possible questions to ask yourself whilst writing this assignment. 

Guidance comments/considerations

Provide an overview of your teaching and learning essay.

State the professional teaching / learning concept you will be focusing on in your analysis and your aims and objectives for this assignment as a whole.

·Describe what teaching activity you have undertaken with a rationale for your chosen subject area (for example was there a particular aspect of service delivery that you identified needed to improve).

·Who were you teaching and why? 

·What was the context? Where did the teaching activity take place? When did you undertake it? 

·What were the important details of this teaching session? 

·What were your outcomes in relation to the  implementation of your teaching plan? If you submitted a formative assignment, you’ll already have feedback and have a good idea of the important/key elements. These should be your focus.

Think about evidence to support your rationale here

Early drafts of this section may be too long and need revision.

You will need to be concise.

Part 1: Teaching / Learning Theory & Analysis

·Introduce the aspect of teaching / learning theory that you will be focusing on

·What are the definitions of the concept in the literature/professional body literature?

·Critically examine how you designed and implemented the teaching activity with reference to discussion of the particular theory that you are focusing on

·Critically appraise the facilitating and hindering factors impacting on the chosen teaching approach 

Part 2: Evaluation of activity

·How did you evaluate your teaching and why (this may be informal and / or formal)? Would an alternative evaluation approach have been useful?

·What evidence and quality measures did you use (or could have used) to demonstrate an impact on service improvement?  Examples of theory to focus on:

Adult Learning Theory

Motivational Theory

Learning Styles 

Individual vs group learning (for example Enquiry Based Learning)

Assessment of learning needs before and after the session (ie how Did you check the learning needs of the learner before the session, and how did you assess whether their learning had been developed?)

Demonstrating your analytical skills and use of literature attracts higher grades. Click here for resources including the ‘Be more critical’ guide.

Consider barriers to teaching and learning practice.

You must use the literature/professional body literature to support your considerations. Reference where you are drawing on these published sources.

Remember that you may need to look towards education databases and literature, rather than purely healthcare resources.

·What, if anything, has changed about your understanding of the teaching / learning theory you have focused on?

·How will your learning impact on your future care with patients / families or teaching fellow students and staff? 

·If you repeated the session would you change anything on the basis of greater understanding of teaching / learning theory?It is important to link your analysis back to practice.

Try to be explicit about what you have learnt from completing this analysis and how it will impact on your future practice

Check the grading grid to make sure you have demonstrated the criterion that are required.

·Critically reflect on the knowledge and skills gained from delivering this session to support learning in practice Bring your work to a logical conclusion and demonstrate your awareness of why life-long learning is important in nursing. Leave the reader with a clear idea of the key point/s from your work. Conclusions must come from your study of the literature.