Create a 3–4-page report on the optimal learning environment for the course you began developing in Assessment 1. You should select a learning environment that will foster motivation in your learner population, support your efforts at classroom motivation, and best serve the goals of the course.
OPTIONAL PREPARATION
Practice implementing these considerations in the Vila Health challenge provided in the Resources before beginning your work here.
INSTRUCTIONS
Create a report that does the following:
Describes the learning environment most appropriate for the educational topic and intended audience that you identified.
Briefly describes and evaluates theories of classroom management, learner management, and learner motivation that are relevant to your course and intended audience.
Describes evidence-based strategies for classroom and learner management and evidence-based best practices to enhance learner motivation and how you would employ these in your learning environment and with a diverse group of learners.
Supports your choices with scholarly resources.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Format: 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font, double-spaced in Microsoft Word.
Length: 3–4 pages, plus a title page and a references page.
Use correct APA format, including running head, page numbers, and a title page.
Use and cite at least three scholarly articles in your plan.
Writing should be free of grammar and spelling errors that distract from content.
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Motivation
Vila Health: Management and Motivation | Transcript.
Wlodkowski, R. J. (2008). Enhancing adult motivation to learn: A comprehensive guide for teaching all adults (3rd ed). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Chapter 1: Understanding Motivation for Adult Learners.
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Simulations
Burbach, B., Barnason, S., & Thompson, S. A. (2015). Using “Think Aloud” to capture clinical reasoning during patient simulation. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 12(1), 1–7.
Reese, C. E., & Jeffries, P. R. (2010). Learning together: Using simulations to develop nursing and medical student collaboration. Nursing Education Perspectives, 31(1), 33–37.
Additional Resources for Further Exploration
Dunlap, R. (2013). Nursing theory and the clinical gaze: Discovery in teaching theory across a cultural divide. Nursing Science Quarterly, 26(2), 176–180.
Merriam, S. B., & Bierema, L. L. (2014). “Chapter 2: Traditional Learning Theories” in Adult learning: Linking theory and practice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.