Creating a positive learning culture
A positive learning culture is one that values and encourages the ongoing development of skills and knowledge.
It promotes innovation and creativity by helping people to feel empowered and motivated to learn.
A positive learning culture is crucial for helping people to thrive. It should provide opportunities for all individuals to learn and grow.
Factors that help create a learning culture
These include:
- Leadership: model a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development
- Communication and collaboration: encourange staff to share their ideas and experiences
- Encourage continuous learning: support staff to continuously learn
- Recognition and reward: recognise and reward staff efforts
- Offer mentorship: consider pairing support workers with mentors to provide support
- Provide feedback: regularly provide feedback to help staff understand their strengths and areas for improvement
- Support professional development goals: provide tuition reimbursement for relevant coursework or time off for training
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The quality of education and training experienced by healthcare learners today, will have a direct impact on the quality and safety of patient care now and for many years to come. It is why HEE and our partners are passionate about ensuring the highest quality learning environments across all health and care settings.
Professor Wendy Reid, Executive Director of Education & Quality and National Medical Director, HEE
The NHS has its own quality framework for work based education and training, developed by HEE.
The CIPD in its “Creating Learning Cultures Review 2020” gives a good overview:
- Consistently communicate learning opportunities
- Highlight everyone’s role in organisational and team learning
- Promote opportunities to reflect and share learning
- Provide different types of learning
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Sir Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley
Sir Ken Robinson’s TED Talk, “How to escape education’s death valley”, is one of the most popular TED Talks of all time. In his talk, Robinson discusses the ways in which creativity and innovation are essential for driving progress.