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A 24 page paper that discusses several issues. These include social learning theory and its value for preceptors, overviews of behavior, cognitive, and constructivist learning theories, explanations of preceptor, mentor, clinical teacher and clinical supervision, the relationship between assessment, teaching and learning, competency based assessment and its application and more. There is an emphasis on issues In Australia. Bibliography lists 40 sources.
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laborious is we had to depend only on our own actions to learn what to do and how to do it. The basic principle underlying social learning theory is that
learning is continuous and it occurs due to "reciprocal interactions between cognitive, behavioral, and environmental influences" (Kearsley, Social, 2011). Bandura identified four components necessary for social learning. These are attention,
retention, motor reproduction and motivation (Kearsley, Social, 2011). There are a number of characteristics associated with each of these components. Attention elements related to the event such as its complexity,
prevalence, distinctiveness, functional value to the observer, and elements related to the observer including sensory abilities, prior reinforcement, and arousal level (Kearsley, Social, 2011). Retention includes symbolic coding, cognitive organization,
and rehearsal; motor reproduction requires the observer to have the physical capacity to reproduce the movement; and motivation includes both internal and external motivation (Kearsley, Social, 2011). There are three
aspects of social learning that are especially pertinent to training nurses. These are reciprocal determination, self-efficacy and modeling. Reciprocal determination is the outcome of the interplay that occurs between the
environment, personal factors related to the learner and subsequent overt behavior (Kube, 2010). As the learner interacts with the environment things like motivation and experiences come into play. Self-efficacy has
to do with how a person feels about him- or herself. Those with a high sense of self-efficacy believe that they can master even difficult tasks while those who have
a low sense of self-efficacy will do what they can to avoid any task that is challenging (Kearsley, Social, 2011; Kube, 2010). Learning by modeling what one has seen or
heard is a complex task. The learner must observe and interpret the behavior and they will also observe the consequences of that behavior in others (Kube, 2010). The learner then
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