Great FE Teaching

Samantha Jones was TES Further Education teacher of the year 2019 and is a TES columnist. Sam has worked in the sector for 20 years, currently in Teacher Education. Sam researches vocational lecturers' knowledge, pedagogy and development and chairs a research network and leads on practitioner research.

Professional cookery education: Learning step by step - Gary Maclean Teaching mathematics in FE: Digital skills development at the heart of teaching - Sammy White The art of working together - Sophie Bennett Bringing digital practices to Prison Education: Developing skills and connections through a learner-centred approach - Claire Holland Bridge over troubled waters: Navigating divisions of theory and practice - Beth Curtis Curiosity, creating focus for professional learners - Fiona Wood Creating a digital development programme - Steve Spence Study skills for vocational learners: Referencing - Saj Mohammed Learning with leaders and managers - Liz Britton It's all Greek to me! Vocabulary development in history students - Peter Wright Teaching hairdressing and barbering: Encouraging learners to believe in themselves - Alison Brightwell Everyday writing practices for adult literacy learners - Kerry Scattergood From human connection to human flourishing: A student centred approach to teaching business studies - Stacey Salt

This is a collection of case studies and highlighted practices presented and explained by a group of educators who are highly regarded in their fields. These practitioners are experts who are still teaching in the sector and are a really inspiring and diverse group. Their passion for what they do is obvious and contagious. Just scanning the short biographies at the start of the book made me eager to read it. This book is well organised with each chapter set on in a similar manner addressing the main topics of who are the learners, why are they learning, what and how are they learning, followed by conclusions. It is a relatively easy read with insights and commentary from the editor added at relevant points. This book affords the opportunity to gain nuggets of wisdom from fields ranging from maths and art to cookery and hairdressing across a diverse range of learners in the FE sector including SEN and prisons. This is what FE is all about and I thoroughly recommend this book. -- InTuition Journal