After defining the goals in teaching a practical subject, lecturers can devise teaching plans that can meet the needs of the students. This paper presents the results of research on student learning needs and the planning of a technical curriculum that will meet the needs of students based on the Kolb’s theory of experiential learning. | JOURNAL OF SCIENCE OF HNUE Interdisciplinary Science 2014 Vol. 59 No. 5 pp. 42-46 This paper is available online at http FLEXIBLE PLANNING FOR THE PROVISION OF LEARNING CONTENT BASED ON STUDENT NEED Bui Van Hong University of Technical Education of Ho Chi Minh City Abstract. In teaching technical subjects each student arrives having different levels of practical experience and theoretical knowledge of the subject and their need for additional information will vary. After defining the goals in teaching a practical subject lecturers can devise teaching plans that can meet the needs of the students. This paper presents the results of research on student learning needs and the planning of a technical curriculum that will meet the needs of students based on the Kolb s theory of experiential learning. Keywords Flexible planning teaching technical subjects student learning needs. 1. Introduction In recent years teaching has focused more on student learning needs that can be met through the provision of flexible learning forms and flexible curricula. Student learning needs vary between individuals and this affects teaching outcomes particularly when using the same teaching method or form for all students. Therefore examining student need regarding learning content in teaching technical subjects is necessary to improve quality teaching. In 2006 Natalie Brown described the relationship between the components of the student learning needs based on an outcome-based curriculum model Prideaux 2003 and developed a student knowledge acquisition model as a basis for planning the organization of courses in the flexible learning 1 . However these guidelines were devised for online learning. In 2010 Bui Van Hong and Nguyen Thi Luong developed a flexible training curriculum for technical public school teachers based on the relationship between factors of the student learning needs as presented by Natalie Brown. In this study the authors have proposed a training .
