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Teaching adults /
This is a survival guide to teaching adults in FE. Amanda Hayes places students at the heart of teaching and learning and provides readers with practical strategies to help them create a stimulating and effective learning environment in college, workplace and community venues.€ €. A wide range of is...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Essential FE toolkit series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Series Foreword; Series Introduction; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Why adult students are different; What do we mean by an adult learner?; Why adults return to education; Can you teach an old dog new tricks?; Preferred learning styles; Education in the ''school of life''; Adult students'' expectations of the course; 2 A curriculum for work and life; So what is the purpose of education for adults?; Post-war education provision for adults; The learning and skills sector; A curriculum for the learning and skills sector; Flexible programming and the National Credit Framework.
- Curriculum innovationVocational education; Recent government initiatives to promote vocational learning; Why learning work skills is important for adults; How to make vocational learning attractive to adult students; Workplace cultures as danger zones; I''ve changed my mind!; Delivering the curriculum dream; 3 Promoting equality and diversity; The widening participation and social justice agendas; Institutionalized prejudice including racism and sexism; Reflecting on our own practice; Dealing with differences and commonalties between students and social groups; Race; Gender.
- Teaching students with disabilities or learning difficultiesDealing with the subject of disability with our students; Age; Managing the ignorance or intolerance of others and improving practice; 4 Effective strategies to widen participation; Market research and publicity; Widening participation and learning pathways projects; Pre-course information, advice arid guidance; Student choices and equal opportunities; Selection; Pre-entry screening, placement and diagnostic tests; 5 Getting down to teaching and learning; Learning in FE; Getting started; Style is as important as content.
- Content and materialsTeaching and learning; A sense of belonging to the class and the college; Health and safety; Final thoughts; 6 Improving punctuality and attendance; Student punctuality and retention as major policy and performance issues; Why don''t adult students attend regularly and on time?; Physical and mental ill health; Poverty and keeping one step ahead of the Department for Work and Pensions; Accommodation; External pressures of work and family; The college experience as a contributory factor in non-completion; Lack of confidence and stress; Fear of success.
- The control of knowledge and communicating respect for cultural identityTime pressures linked to drop-out are not as simple as they appear; Why poor punctuality needs to be challenged and managed; Discussing lateness with students; Managing student absence; Strategies to improve retention; Is this a battle we can win?; 7 Supporting adult learners; A holistic approach to supporting learners; Identifying support needs and promoting available services; Induction; Tutorials and supporting academic work; The ''key tutor''
- role model, mentor and advocate; Study skills and time management.