Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Adult and Community Learning
How effective are teaching, training and learning?

In effective self-assessment, teaching, training and learning are evaluated by the extent to which tutors...

2.5use methods and styles of teaching and training that are consistent with the aims of their programmes and learners’ personal objectives.

Success in adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL provision in the adult and community learning context means tutors...

2.5.1use a range of methods that enable learners to develop a wide range of skills, including oral skills.
2.5.2devise interesting and realistic assignments that enable learners to understand the relevance of the skills they are learning.
2.5.3explain methods that adult learners are not familiar with.
2.5.4avoid methods that may have alienated adult learners in the past.

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