1. C&G 7303 – Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector
Identifying Student Needs

2. Identifying student needs

3. 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.

4. Think …… SPICE…. when considering learner needs
SOCIAL
Think …… SPICE…. when considering learner needs
PHYSICAL
INTELLECTUAL
CULTURAL
EMOTIONAL

5. 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?

6. Learning styles
Learning styles are different approaches or ways of learning
Learners could be: ………………………

7. Visual
Learn through seeing

8. Auditory
Learn through hearing

9. Kinaesthetic
Learn through doing

10. Activity task Research ‘learning styles’ and identify
3 teaching methods you would plan
for each of the following:
Visual learners
Auditory learners
Kinaesthetic learners

11. 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

12. Activity task Review why we use initial assessment,
learning styles questionnaires and
individual learning plans.
What are the benefits for the learner?