This informative and humorous A to Z of management in FE includes over fifty entries, from key terms in management theory to exemplary figures in FE and current trends. Realistic and helpful, entries range from benchmarking and funding, right through to mergers, paperwork and quality.

Whether you've just been newly appointed to an FE management role or are an experienced manager wanting a quick update, this book is for you.

This is a survival guide to beating bad behaviour and motivating students in FE. Susan Wallace provides readers with helpful hints and strategies for preventing lower level disruption to coping when things get really tough. Informative and engaging, this practical guide will prove essential reading for everyone in FE.

Research is an essential component of professional practice. Whether it be action research in a specialist subject or a more formal empirical study, research can improve the quality of teaching and and enhance professional development. This text is a guide to a range of approaches written specifically for teachers and trainee teachers in the Further Education and Skills Sector.

The text covers all aspects of research and explores how research through day-to-day investigations can enhance practice. In all chapters, examples and real-life scenarios from the Further Education and...

This book is designed to support professional development in Further Education at all levels, from the trainee teacher to the experienced team leader and those who have, or aspire to, a middle management role. The A-Z format ensures the book is both comprehensive and easy to use, while a list of key themes, from being an excellent teacher to making the most of change, enables the reader to navigate the material in a range of ways. Its novel design, based on a fictional college, complete with organization chart and lively stories and vignettes, ensures the text's practical relevance. The...

Those working towards the UK's QTLS are required to demonstrate a critical understanding of the Further Education (FE) sector and the role of the FE practitioner. This book clearly identifies, particularly for the student teacher with no prior experience, the social, cultural, and political context of the sector's beginnings. It explores how this continues to shape and constrain the sector's status and purpose, and the role and status of its teachers. The book encourages critical thinking about possible routes for change and future development. As an increasing numbers of QTLS students are...

Research is an essential component of professional practice. Whether it be action research in a specialist subject or a more formal empirical study, research can improve the quality of teaching and and enhance professional development. This text is a guide to a range of approaches written specifically for teachers and trainee teachers in the Further Education and Skills Sector.

The text covers all aspects of research and explores how research through day-to-day investigations can enhance practice. In all chapters, examples and real-life scenarios from the Further Education and...

This book is an accessible and up-to-date text on teaching and supporting adult learners, aimed at both student teachers and experienced practitioners. It explores teaching adult learners within a traditional further education (FE) context, but also working with those adult learners on Higher Education (HE) courses taught within FE. Adult learners have a distinct set of needs and challenges which can include issues of self confidence, fear of technology, time management, and financial constraints, and which may not always be fully recognized by educational practitioners or institutions....

What makes for effective learning and teaching in the further education sector? This realistic, relevant, and accessible book explores the teacher's role in further education through means of a fictional approach. Through research conducted in the UK, the book provides a series of linked case study chapters, each set in the same fictional institution and each involving characters with a range of pertinent roles, who appear and reappear as their overall story arcs develop. The chapters' aims are clearly stated and each narrative is followed by an analysis of key points through challenging...