Teaching Plan Paper (30 points) APA Paper
• Target Population: Adolescent boy ages 13-17 pertaining to mental health, 14 participants
o Who is your target audience? – include age of the group, number of participants,
gender, ethnic group, developmental level of the group, etc.
o What is the specific education or learning needs of your target audience relative to
health promotion or disease prevention, include any barriers related to the
vulnerability of your chosen population?
• Learning/Program Outcome and Objectives:
o State one Learning Outcome: State one learning outcome. Learning Outcomes
identify what the learner will know and be able to do by the end of a course or
program. See Document that addresses writing objectives and outcomes.
o Learning Objectives are brief clear statements that describe the desired learning
and can reliably demonstrate at the end of a course or program.
o State 3 learning objectives Your teaching objectives should teach to the three basic
levels of Blooms Cognitive taxonomy; (1) knowledge, (2) comprehension and (3)
application. Please include an objective from each of these levels. Bloom specifies
certain verbs that are used at those three levels. Describe the teaching objectives in
objective form (use behavioral words described in Bloom’s taxonomy; use words
consistent with Blooms Taxonomy when writing the objectives
o Make sure you review the SMART objectives document and use that format
to write your outcomes.
SMART Example: by the end of the teaching, 80% of students will be able to list
3 ways to reduce their sodium consumption.
• Describe potential challenges/obstacles:
o Describe population considerations (based on age, cultural and ethnic
backgrounds).
o Educator-related barriers and learner related barriers.
o What educational issues, such as population-specific concerns, barriers to learning
and technological strategies are needed to facilitate learning?
• Teaching or project strategies:
o Describe the approaches that you would use to implement the instruction; include
how you will educate your diverse client population, will you need an interpreter,
how will you access this population, what cultural considerations will you take
into consideration, etc.
o What learning theory will you use to guide your teaching project? Include one
learning theory (Reference
theories-and-models
• Required References
o Learning theory
o 3-5 references that guide your assignment. These must be scholarly journal
articles with in the last 5 years.
o Blogs and websites with health information are not valid references. Do not use.
Points will be deducted for using a blog, YOU tube etc
o CDC, AHA etc. are ok to use for information.
Paper Format Grading
o Follow the above guidelines for your paper. This is a formal APA formatted paper.
Your paper will be 4-6 pages in length and include the headings above. For example, the
headings in your paper should look something like this (these headings are first level
headings and are to be centered and bold)c:
o Target population
o Program objectives
o Program outcomes
o Potential Challenges
o Teaching Project Strategies
o Include any educational materials that you will you to educate your chosen population on
their identified health care issue i.e. PPT, brochure, pamphlet, a pre/posttest if you use
that as your evaluation method.
Sample Objectives
• If you were teaching someone who needed to be on a low salt diet because of heart disease,
these might be three objectives you would write:
• Upon completion of this teaching program, the student will be able to:
(Knowledge) — 1. Describe the current recommended amount of salt an adult should consume
in a day.
(Comprehension) — 2. Discuss three effects of excessive salt on the cardiovascular system.
(Application) — 3. Develop a 1500 mg sodium diet for one day.
Document # 2: Submit the teaching plan template (see below) as an appendix to your Teaching
Plan paper, with all columns completed except for the evaluation section which will be
completed in the assignment Part 2 (module 5)
