Identifying Student Needs

C&G 7303 – Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector

Identifying student needs

Initial assessment

We carry out initial assessment firstly to ensure that learners are on the right programme.

In addition, if we design and manage the process well, we can use it to gather information to support the whole of the learners' experience.

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Think …… SPICE…. when considering

learner needs

CULTURAL

EMOTIONAL

PHYSICAL

INTELLECTUAL

SOCIAL

Activity task

Research ‘initial assessment’ and identify a

range of methods

Write down an initial assessment method

you would use in your

specialist area of teaching

Why?

Learning styles

Learning styles are different approaches or ways of learning

Learners could be: ………………………

Visual

Learn through seeing

Auditory

Learn through hearing

Kinaesthetic

Learn through doing

Activity task

Research ‘learning styles’ and identify

3 teaching methods you would plan

for each of the following:

1) Visual learners

2) Auditory learners

3) Kinaesthetic learners

Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)

Completed by teachers and learners at the start of a learning programme

ILPs should record:

What the learner already knows What the learner can achieve on the course or what

the learner would like to achieve Progress on the course

Final achievement

Activity task

Review why we use initial assessment,

learning styles questionnaires and

individual learning plans.

What are the benefits for the learner?