Overview
HLST 320 Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals introduces the principles and theories of teaching and learning within a health context. Using a variety of activities you will learn how to assess the teaching-learning environment, develop a teaching plan, apply specific teaching strategies, and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching. By the completion of this course you will begin to understand the complexities and realities of health teaching from a personal and theoretical perspective.
Outline
Section 1: Developing Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy
- Unit 1: Health Teaching
- Unit 2: Theories of Learning and Motivation
- Unit 3: Learning Styles and Teaching Locations
Section 2: Assessment and the Art of Writing Learner-Centered Objectives
- Unit 4: Teaching-Learning Process: Assessing
- Unit 5: The Art of Writing Learning-Centered Objectives
Section 3: Developing a Learner-Centered Teaching Plan
- Unit 6: Teaching-Learning Process: Planning
- Unit 7: Teaching -Learning Process: Implementing
- Unit 8: Teaching-Learning Process: Evaluating
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of HLST 320, the student will achieve or exceed the following learning outcomes:
- describe the complexities and realities of health teaching from a personal and theoretical perspective,
- apply the teaching-learning process to a health-related situation in a systematic manner that reflects the principles of teaching and learning presented in this course
Evaluation
To receive credit for HLST 320, students must complete all of the required assignments and achieve a composite grade of at least C- (60 percent) and pass the personal assessment exercise. All papers submitted must follow the guidelines of the APA Publication Manual (6th ed.) (2010).
The assignments and weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Activity | Weight |
| Development of Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy | 35% |
| Writing Learning Objectives | 30% |
| Developing and Simulating a Learner-Centered Teaching Plan | 35% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
This course either does not have a course package or the textbooks are open-source material and available to students at no cost. This course has a Course Administration and Technology Fee, but students are not charged the Course Materials Fee.
Textbook
There is no required or recommended print textbook for this course.
Other Materials
The HLST320 Study Guide and all course learning resources are imbedded within the learning activities found in each unit.
The learning activities are supported with open source online resources (sometimes called Open Educational Resources [OER]), links to other online multi-media resources, and electronic references from the AU library