Teaching Adults
1st Edition
Published on 19. October 2006
158 pages
978-1-4411-0786-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 issues are covered including: catering for different learning styles, managing learner's expectations, promoting diversity and social inclusion, learning in the workplace and dealing with punctuality and retention.
A variety of approaches are presented from which the reader can develop effective teaching and support strategies for their own situation and ensure that their adult students successfully gain academic and vocational skills, as well as self confidence.
A wide range of issues are covered including: catering for different learning styles, managing learner's expectations, promoting diversity and social inclusion, learning in the workplace and dealing with punctuality and retention.
A variety of approaches are presented from which the reader can develop effective teaching and support strategies for their own situation and ensure that their adult students successfully gain academic and vocational skills, as well as self confidence.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-0786-2 (9781441107862)
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Amanda Hayes
Teaching Adults
Book
10/2006
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
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Person
Amanda Hayes is Vice Principal of Kensington and Chelsea FE College, UK. She has written extensively on issues in FE and regularly runs in-service training programmes for governors, managers and lecturers on best practice.
Content
Introduction
1. What Makes Adult Learners Different?
2. Making the Curriculum Fit
3. Be Realistic!
4. Motivate Them!
5. Equality and Diversity
6. A Holistic Approach
7. Into the Workplace
8. Branching Out
9. Keeping them Interested
10. The Next Step
Appendices and Bibliography
Links to Other Series Publications
1. What Makes Adult Learners Different?
2. Making the Curriculum Fit
3. Be Realistic!
4. Motivate Them!
5. Equality and Diversity
6. A Holistic Approach
7. Into the Workplace
8. Branching Out
9. Keeping them Interested
10. The Next Step
Appendices and Bibliography
Links to Other Series Publications
