L2L in FE pamphlet
Learning to Learn in FE Literature Review
As mentioned in the last edition of this newsletter we have recently undertaken a literature review to see what is out there on learning to learn in FE. The short answer to this is, not much. The review was to act as a baseline for our learning to learn research project in Lewisham and Northumberland Colleges, but instead the research will be helping to create that baseline.
John Hayes MP, Shadow Minister (Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education) launched the review and took part in a stimulating discussion about the challenges in the FE sector. The recommendations of the review that were discussed are:
- Greater recognition at the policy level of the importance of developing effective cross-cutting pedagogical/andragogical approaches in FE
- Greater investment in continuing professional development (CPD) of staff in the post-16 sector to share good practice and ensure that all staff have the skills to deliver learning effectively to the wide variety of groups of learners with whom the sector engages
- Investment in evidence-based research within this context, including practitioner research and the development of an expectation that staff in FE will engage in research and reflective practice
- Consultation with educationalists along with other stakeholders on research and initial and
- continuing professional development in FE
- Promotion of the benefits that learning to learn approaches have brought in schools to policymakers and FE practitioners, and identification of strategies to link these to existing effective approaches – for example, through successful key skills, Resource Based Learning (RBL) and Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS) delivery in FE
- Consideration by Government of the potential wider beneficial impact of adopting learning to learn approaches in all phases of the education system on a broader range of indicators including individual well-being, community cohesion and employability.
A full copy of the report can be downloaded from our website.
