Learning from experience - some thoughts
This afternoon I've spent some time going through the MAPP Module Handbook (DAN4510) and I've re-read through the text on knowledge, reflection and ethics found in pages 27-34. The handbook reminds us that learning from experience is a process of turning information into knowledge and that in a work based learning context, our professional experience (the doing) has and will continue to give us knowledge. So, what tools do we need to be able to do this, how do we turn experience into learning? I typed 'learning from experience' into YouTube and found was a TEDx Canberra talk by Dr Jane Frost, educator and nurse academic. She shares her innovative approach to nursing education in which she disguises herself as a patient in need of medical care to demonstrate the the value of learning through experience. Learning through experience - Jane Frost TEDX Canberra Through fostering a scenario where her students apply their learning to 'a real life person' rathe...