Information Processing Family Models

Project-Based Learning

• Knowledge is obtain through active exploration of real-world challenges and problems.
• Identify the problem and present solutions.

Students are placed on a path to deepen their knowledge, that helps build skills they will need in the future.
They learn through completing a project.

Skills:
Critical thinking Collaboration Communication

Example: Nursing case studies, problem identified, information gathered, build knowledge, and can be applied in future practice.

Inquiry Learning

• Inquiry based learning places an emphasis on finding answers through discovery.
• Learning is driven by student’s questions.

Allows students to take ownership of their learning, through:
- engagement
- exploration
- explanation
- elaboration
- evaluation

The phases

• Starts with orientation -idea, ask questions, defined a hypothesis.
• Explore, find resources , experiment, ask more questions.
• Interpret data, conclusion.
• Report findings.

Socratic Dialogue Model

• Students learn through the use of critical thinking, reasoning, and logic.

Strategy

• Open end question and answer method.
• Is not a debate, no wrong or right.
• Learner centered.
• Challenges students assumptions.
• Has a consensus.

Example: A nurse debriefing a case, dialogue helps assess clinical judgment, validate actions and thinking.