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Teaching Adults

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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. 

Table of Contents

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

Product details

Published Dec 19 2006
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 158
ISBN 9780826487070
Imprint Continuum
Dimensions 9 x 5 inches
Series Essential FE Toolkit
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Amanda Hayes

Amanda Hayes is Vice Principal of Kensington and C…

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