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 learners...

2.13acquire new knowledge and skills, while developing in confidence and self-knowledge about how they are progressing and what they need to do to improve.

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

2.13.1show steady improvement in their ability to use the written and spoken word and/or a greater competence in the use of numbers.
2.13.2have folders of work that include evidence of how they have arrived at each finished item.
2.13.3are in the habit of evaluating what they do.
2.13.4can explain what they are doing and why.
2.13.5can give a good indication of what they can do now that they couldn't do when they first began their studies.
2.13.6have a clear sense of direction about their next steps in learning.

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