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Learning Styles and Leadership: Part I
Samantha Mills
College of Nursing & Health Care Professions, Grand Canyon University
NUR-647E: Nursing Education Seminar I
Dr. Clark
March 30, 2021
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Learning Styles and Leadership: Part I
It is imperative for nurse educators to understand their students learning styles as that will
impact how well students understand concepts. It would be beneficial to understand each
students’ preferences to better tailor teaching strategies within a course (Stirling, 2017). To do so,
many assessment tools and surveys are available (). As such, nurse educators must constantly
adjust their teaching strategies within the curriculum to best suit the students that are present
(Gloekler & Lucas, 2021). While adapting teaching strategies to best suit the students is
important, it has been shown that students better retain information and understand concepts
when multiple learning styles are present (Anderson, 2016). With this in mind, a four-hour
leadership course has been created for a group of ten new graduate nurses of which three have a
preference for auditory learning, three prefer visual learning, and four show a preference for
kinesthetic learning.
Class Content and Agenda
A leadership strategy course will be use to teach new graduate nurses the fundamentals
of leadership principles, provoke individual notions of leadership, discover how leaders develop,
and understand some of the challenge’s leaders face. The class will start at 08:00am and end at
12:00pm. There will be ten-minute breaks that will occur each hour. First, a lecture and
discussion regarding leadership, what it is, and how it is identified will take place. A discussion
regarding active listening and body language will occur, after which students will break into
pairs and practice to enhance communication skills. Next, the class will discuss active learning
and thinking. Lastly, the students will confer regarding motivational skills necessary for leaders.
Accommodating Learning Styles
Learning Styles and Leadership: Part I
Samantha Mills
College of Nursing & Health Care Professions, Grand Canyon University
NUR-647E: Nursing Education Seminar I
Dr. Clark
March 30, 2021
, 2
Learning Styles and Leadership: Part I
It is imperative for nurse educators to understand their students learning styles as that will
impact how well students understand concepts. It would be beneficial to understand each
students’ preferences to better tailor teaching strategies within a course (Stirling, 2017). To do so,
many assessment tools and surveys are available (). As such, nurse educators must constantly
adjust their teaching strategies within the curriculum to best suit the students that are present
(Gloekler & Lucas, 2021). While adapting teaching strategies to best suit the students is
important, it has been shown that students better retain information and understand concepts
when multiple learning styles are present (Anderson, 2016). With this in mind, a four-hour
leadership course has been created for a group of ten new graduate nurses of which three have a
preference for auditory learning, three prefer visual learning, and four show a preference for
kinesthetic learning.
Class Content and Agenda
A leadership strategy course will be use to teach new graduate nurses the fundamentals
of leadership principles, provoke individual notions of leadership, discover how leaders develop,
and understand some of the challenge’s leaders face. The class will start at 08:00am and end at
12:00pm. There will be ten-minute breaks that will occur each hour. First, a lecture and
discussion regarding leadership, what it is, and how it is identified will take place. A discussion
regarding active listening and body language will occur, after which students will break into
pairs and practice to enhance communication skills. Next, the class will discuss active learning
and thinking. Lastly, the students will confer regarding motivational skills necessary for leaders.
Accommodating Learning Styles
