Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors: Developing Your Client-Centred Learning and Coaching Skills

✍ Scribed by John Miller, Susan McCormack

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 297
• Edition: 12
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Improve your teaching and communication skills with this guide which is recommended reading by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) for the Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) examinations.

Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors is an indispensable handbook for all new and established driving instructors. Fully revised and updated for this 12th edition, it provides all the necessary advice to help driving instructors and anyone involved in driver training to communicate effectively with learners.

Containing essential guidance on teaching, communication and coaching skills, Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors is ideal for both experienced and trainee driving instructors. It explains how people learn and how to tailor the teaching approach to different needs. With sections on how structuring lessons, it covers the whole teaching process, from early stage lessons through to the final test. The companion title to the bestselling The Driving Instructor's Handbook, it will help you develop and improve your ability to teach drivers how to drive.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
About the authors
Introduction
01 How people learn
Structured training
The learning process
Transfer of learning
Skills training
Overcoming barriers
02 Communication
Instruction
Coaching
Verbal communication
Listening skills
Briefings and explanations
Body language
Feedback
03 Client-centred learning and coaching
Coaching or instructing
Principles of coaching
Benefits of coaching
Coaching skills
Effective questioning
Active listening – a few reminders
Pupil feedback
Modifying behaviours in driving
Goals for Driver Education
Coaching – a summary
04 Structured learning
Goals and goal-setting
Levels of instruction
Route planning
Fault assessment
Hazard perception
Pupil involvement
Visual aids
The use of questions
Intervention
05 Driver training
Lesson structure
Main car controls
Moving off and stopping
Use of mirrors
Use of signals
Turning and emerging at junctions
Crossroads
Meeting and dealing with other traffic
Manoeuvres
Reverse parking
Bay parking
Parking on the right and reversing two car lengths
Emergency stop
Pedestrian crossings
Roundabouts and dual carriageways
Making progress and road positioning
Anticipating the actions of other road users
Independent driving and use of sat nav
06 The ADI Standards Check
Lesson planning
Competence standards examples
Typical lessons
Interpreting the assessment criteria
07 Goal-setting and risk management
A Model for Goal-Setting and Risk Management
Goal-setting
Risk management
08 Professional development
Benefits of CPD
Driver trainer competence framework
Business skills and customer care
Handling complaints
ADI national organisations
Driving standards
Driving instructor training
Driving instructor qualifications
Business opportunities
Summary
Appendix 1: Useful contacts
Appendix 2: Reference books
Index