Training
Client-Centred Learning: Using Questions to Bring the Focus Back to the Learner
Despite the fact that Client Centred Learning (CCL) remains the focus of many training courses, it unfortunately continues to be a weak point for many Standards Checks.
Trainers: are you really listening to your pupils?
Tom Harrington discusses what makes a good listener and how active listening helps you respond, interact, and communicate effectively
Feeling refreshed
Kev and Tracey Field from Confident Drivers focus on ideas that you can include in your refresher lessons to help drivers build their driving confidence and get back on the road quickly
Peer pressure
Dr James Whalen looks at peer pressure and how it affects the way people behave when using the roads
Make your own luck
Kev and Tracey Field from Confident Drivers talk about the idea of relying on being lucky and suggest ways that you can challenge this concept with your students.
Analyse this
Dr James Whalen goes through the process of hierarchical task analysis when preparing for teaching a particular driving skill
Breathe easy
Kev and Tracey Field from Confident Drivers share some tips which might help pupils who find wearing face masks during driving lessons difficult
Testing times
Liam Greaney looks at the driving test as a stakeholder assessment, a skill and luck assessment and evidence of the forces of evolution
Car consideration
Dr James Whalen discusses SUVs and outlines how the various costs of car ownership can be categorised to help with purchasing decisions