Practicum learining contract

p Practicum learning contract

2006

Educational process is a very complex development . At all faculties educational process is organized according to curriculum for each specialty and a direction of preparation . Norms of an academic load , schedules of educational process , schedule of occupations are carried out annually . Introduction of new forms and methods of training organizing independent and research work of students are carried out as well . The type of the student influences motivation of these students Three basic types of students are as follows : students who are focused on the

purpose , the students who are focused on activity and the students who are focused on studying . The person can pass from one type to another at various situations , and frequently a student comprises some types of trainees . Though , it is also known that the best motivation is a self-motivation . If teachers manage to develop interest to a subject , to show at an early stage , that training will be useful and also to guarantee small risk it is possible to convince some not wishing to study students . Sometimes definition of positive and negative expectations of pupils can clear a situation and increase participation Precisely due to this particularity the learning contract is efficient Learning Contract can be defined , first of all , as a kind of plan describing the learning process which is to take place . It consists of a list of learning activities and at the same time must be flexible enough to admit some changes which can appear due to some professional particularities . For example , the following main learning expectations can be defined : to teach new courses in the discipline in case , to help students be efficient outside of the classroom , to understand principle values and philosophies of the educational establishment , use adequately the technologies for teaching

Learning contract supposes development of the whole range of skills and experiences . Consequently it provides a certain number of learning objectives each of them being responsible for some segment of the student 's professional area . Without any doubts it is necessary to define more detailed goals of a learning contract . Therefore , it will be helpful to point out the most common learning objectives provided in learning contracts

-providing professional work value practice

-interpersonal helping

-working with groups and teams

-assessing the work value situations

-assessing risks and immediate actions , protections

-planning cases with other official and non-official helpers

-providing in-time concrete services

-professional development (self assessment skills supervision

First of all , the long-terms or career goal must be stated as the specific heading of the learning contract . The development of the above expectations must be developed gradually , from easy towards more complex objectives . Being distributed and noted by the student the faculty roles the involvement into simple professional sample situations must take place . Actually , the learning objectives must clearly identify the way in which the learning and professional involvement will be carried out

Clinical nursing is one of the most convenient professional areas which can be used for demonstrating the role of learning objectives...