Saturday, December 6, 2014

UNIT 14 LEARNER NEEDS



      I concluded that, it is not possible to meet all pupils' every need, but it is possible look for an effective learning strategies to those needs which are substantially common at each classroom. Motivational factors, the need to be motivated to learn; to expect success and progression in learning; to be confident; to expect problems to be capable of resolution; to have high but attainable goals; to recognise purpose in the learning process; to value the skills and knowledge acquired in school and to have an expectancy that these are a springboard for future learning; etc.

One of the first tasks for a teacher of a class  is to discover, validate, and classify the learning needs of the participants. This unit describes common learner needs, explains why it is important to recognize these needs at the start of a learning experience, and outlines techniques for eliciting and validating them. 






The needs of a learner represent the gap between what the learner wants to get out of the learning experience and his or her current state of knowledge, skill, and enthusiasm
Each learner is unique and brings to the learning situation his or her own different learning style, knowledge set, past experiences, and motivation.There is no single best way to gather information about learner needs. For example, in many situations, teachers can anticipate learner needs based on their prior knowledge about learners who have completed similar instructional sessions ,teachers have to take into account  how to organize to each student through the interaction patterns.(group work, pair work, etc).As a conclusion, teachers’ language and facilitation skills are important in merging their own goals for instruction with learner needs. Ideally, teachers want to meet their goals and to satisfy the learning needs of the students. For example, connect their own goals and expectations for students with those of the students themselves.



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2 comments:

  1. Good Verito
    In the classroom for teacher is important to identify the Learning Styles of each student the idea of this, is to improve the learning and develop the knowledge according their needs with a good motivation, interaction that get good expectations in the classroom.

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  2. Great information Verito.
    I totally agree with you about the importance that teacher have to give to the students need. Even though we can not cover with all students' needs we can at least try to find a way to help students success on their learning.

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