Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors: Develop and Improve Your Teaching, Training and Coaching Skills - Softcover

Miller, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749449535 ISBN 13: 9780749449537

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2007

Synopsis

<p>A companion to the popular best-seller The Driving Instructor's Handbook, Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors has been thoroughly revised to include everything a trainee or qualified instructor needs to ensure effective results. This revised edition looks deeper into the reasons why people learn to drive and the motivation involved in seeing it through, from early stage lessons to the final practical test. It provides detailed information on the DSA standards of communication skills for instructors and examines the concept of driving examiners as coaches.</p><p>For every conscientious instructor keen to communicate well with his or her pupils, this essential book provides all the necessary practical advice and guidance.</p><p>Endorsed and recommended by: Driving Standards Agency</p>

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About the Author

<p><b>John Miller</b> has been involved in the driver training industry for over 35 years. A qualified and experienced instructor trainer and LGV instructor, for many years he ran his own driving school for car and lorry drivers, together with an instructor training facility. He is now a consultant to the driver training industry.</p><p>John Miller is the author of <i><b>The Driving Instructor's Handbook</b></i>, which is listed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency as recommended reading material for the Approved Driving Instructors' exams, and <i><b>Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors</b></i>, both published by Kogan Page.</p>

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<p><b>1. Learning to drive </b></p><p> Motivation</p><p> The learning process</p><p> Practise with friends and relatives</p><p> Structured training</p><p> Overcoming barriers</p><p> <b>2. Communication skills </b></p><p> Verbal communication</p><p> Listening skills</p><p> Briefings and explanations</p><p> Body language</p><p> Feedback</p><p> <b>3. Lesson structure and content </b></p><p> Objectives</p><p> Levels of instruction</p><p> Route planning</p><p> Fault assessment</p><p> Hazard perception</p><p> Explanation, demonstration, practice</p><p> Pupil involvement</p><p> Visual aids</p><p> Question and answer technique</p><p> Intervention</p><p> Changing attitudes by coaching</p><p> <b>4. Structured driver training </b></p><p> Lesson plans</p><p> Main car controls</p><p> Moving off and stopping</p><p> Use of mirrors</p><p> Use of signals</p><p> Turning and emerging at junctions</p><p> Crossroads</p><p> Meeting and dealing with other traffic</p><p> Manoeuvres</p><p> Reversing around corners to the left</p><p> Turning in the road</p><p> Reversing around corners to the right</p><p> Reverse parking</p><p> Emergency stop</p><p> Pedestrian crossings</p><p> Roundabouts and dual carriageways</p><p> Making progress and road positioning</p><p> Anticipating the actions of other road users</p><p> <b>5. The ADI exams </b></p><p> Part 1 - Theory and hazard perception</p><p> Part 2 - Driving ability</p><p> Part 3 - Instructional ability</p><p> Role play situation</p><p> Training for the ADI exams</p><p> <b>6. The ADI Check Test </b></p><p> Format</p><p> Preparation</p><p> Presentation</p><p> Grading</p><p> The result</p><p> <b>7. Continuing professional development </b></p><p> Business skills</p><p> Customer care skills</p><p> Personal skills</p><p> Feedback and reports</p><p> Vehicle safety checks</p><p> Your own driving</p><p> Driving instructor training</p><p> Role play exercises</p><p> Summary</p>

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749449535
• ISBN 13: 9780749449537
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 272