3 - assess learning need

assess learning needs steps

identify the learner

choose setting

collect information

priotrize needs - mandatory, desirable, possible

determine education availability resources

assess organization deamnds

time management

mandatory learning needs

needed for survival/safety

desirable

not life dependant, help w well being

possible learning need

nice to know, not essential or required

informal conversation - assessing needs

common way to assess learning, discovered w talking

active listening and open ended questions

structured interviews to assess

to see learner point of view

• establish trusting environment

• direct/open ended qs

• no distractions

• allow learner to give perspective

questionareis to assess learning

written answer on surveys, checklist

encourage honesty

observation to assess

observe health behaviours/task - ex. skills correctly or not

use teach back method

documentation to assess needs

initial assessments, prog notes, care plans, stafff notes, discharge forms

PEEK - readiness to learn

p - physical readiness

• health, gender, environmental, task complexity, measure ability

e - emotional

• anxiety, support, motivation, risk taking behaviour, frame of mind, developmental stage

e - experiential

• level of aspiration, past coping mechanism, cultural background, locus of control, orientation

k - knowledge

• knowledge base, cognitive ability, learning disabilities, learning style

VARK learning styles

v - visual

a - aural

r - read/write

k - kinaesthetic

gardner 8 type of intellegace

linguistic

logical

spatial/visual

musical

bodily

interpersonal - own feelings

intrapersonal - social

naturalistic