Learner Profiles: Conducted in a Catholic Secondary College

Student Name: Anonymous

Interests

Anonymous is a confident student in the classroom.

Her interests include debating, public speaking,
reading and swimming.

Special
strengths
and
achieveme
nts

Anonymous is a diligent, intelligent student. She

actively participates in class discussions and
understands concepts in great detail. Matisse has
identified her strengths: essay writing, speeches,
analysing and comprehending sources and research
skills.

Special
needs/
areas for
opportunity

Anonymous has identified math and chemistry as

being areas for opportunity. She needs to be more
concise and selective with information in
logical/mathematical problems.

Cultural/
religious
backgroun
d

Anonymous has been raised in a catholic family and

identifies as being catholic. She was born in
Australia.

Social/emo
tional
backgroun
d
Access to
technology

Anonymous has access to a school laptop and

internet at home.

Learner
type

Anonymous identifies herself as a linguistic,

interpersonal and intrapersonal learner. She enjoys
class discussion and likes to reinforce the new
content through completion of classroom/home
activities.

Attitude
towards
school and
learning

Anonymous has an excellent attitude towards school.

She actively engages in the classroom and is happy
to help her peers if the content is not clear to all.
Anonymous is diligent in completing her homework
and all work is completed to an excellent standard.
Anonymous enjoys school, although the workload is
heavy, because she appreciates the opportunity to
have a quality education.

Students have identified class

discussions and active participation
in the classroom as being an area
of strength.

Teaching in a Catholic school

requires teachers to have the
catholic ethos at the forefront of
their teaching. Awareness of
religious beliefs in the classroom
assists with maintaining this ethos
in teaching and learning.
All
students
identified
that
technology was readily available at
home and at school. This tool is
utilised in the teaching and learning
sequence.

Students predominantly identified

as being linguistic or visual
learners. Response to this data
included a more visual and active
approach to teaching and learning
sequences in the unit.

The social, emotional learning

framework is imperative in Catholic
Education. This ensures students
have a positive attitude towards
school and feel that they are in a
safe and supportive environment.