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Continuing Professional Development

The Fusion Directory of Skills for Life tutor training opportunities in the North West (updated May 2010).

The Institute for Learning and CPD in the sector - June 2008.

Making Your CPD Count in the New Quality Framework.

Making Your CPD Count: Helpsheets.

Update on FE workforce reforms - June 2008.

The Reflect e-portfolio (available for all IfL members).

Roles and qualifications chart.

True or False activity.

 

Practitioner Research

Practitioner Research: can it support professional development?

Fear and Longing

What's different about practitioner research?

Pragmatic Qualitative Methods.

Practitioner Led Action Research (PLAR) 1.

Practioner Led Action Research (PLAR) 2.

Watch both PLAR presentations.

Practitioner Research in Essential Skills: Perspectives on Engagement in Learning.

Generating dialogue in coursework feedback: exploring the use of interactive coversheets.

Research and Development Reports

Recent Skills for Life reports

Evaluation of the Impact of SfL Learning (October 2009)

Supporting Progression: a view from the field.

NIACE Stick With It Project: Motivating Skills for Life learners to persist, progress and achieve.

Teaching and Learning

Duckworth, V., Gelling, C., Sheridan, B. and Shiel, C. (eds.) (2010) I teach ... Journeys into teaching. Gatehouse Books. (Royalties will go to the Helena Kennedy Foundation)

Appleby, Y. and Banks, C. (eds) (2009) Looking back and moving forward: Reflecting on our practice as teacher educators.

Avis, J., Fisher, R.and Thompson, R. (eds) (2009) Teaching in Lifelong Learning: A Guide to Theory and Practice.

Brain Games (see the 'Funding and Support' page for more information).

From Issues to Solutions: Education Research and Practice in the Criminal Justice Sector.

ILPs: A Necessary Evil or Supporting a Student-Centred Approach?

Snakes and Ladders Progression Activity.

QIA Excellence Gateway: Skills for Life Teaching and Learning

Teaching Reading to Adults handbook

U-skills from ThirdForce

LLUK's Catalyst programme

 

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