A nurse attends a seminar on teaching/learning. Which statement indicates the nurse has a good understanding of teaching/learning?
a. "Teaching and learning can be separated."
b. "Learning is an interactive process that promotes teaching."
c. "Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner's needs."
d. "Learning consists of a conscious, deliberate set of actions designed to help the teacher."
ANS: C
Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner's needs. It is impossible to separate teaching from learning. Teaching is an interactive process that promotes learning. Teaching consists of a conscious, deliberate set of actions that help individuals gain new knowledge, change attitudes, adopt new behaviors, or perform new skills.
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