The system of learning or the capabilities of the student?

The barriers to learning: Is it the learning system or the capabilities of the student/learner?

Does the system of learning need adjusting?

The learning manager should revisit the system of learning; the design elements and the delivery elements of the learning management plan, to reassess the learners profile and assure that the learning is relevant to the learner, of interest to the learner and the instructional design suitable for the students personal learning style.

Is it the capabilities of the student?

Once the learning manager has identified that the students needs have been met regarding how they learn best and the student has still not achieved the learning outcomes, the capabilities of the learner must be assessed as a clinical barrier to learning and the process of referral to school specialist personnel should begin.

This template has been designed by Lynch and Knight (2010) to investigate the diagnostic barriers to the learning for the student and can also be used as the learning manager collates evidence for the referral process.