Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors: Developing Your Client-Centred Learning and Coaching Skills

by John Miller, Susan McCormack

Improve your teaching and communication skills with this guide which is recommended reading by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) for the Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) examinations.

Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors is an indispensable handbook for all new and established driving instructors. Fully revised and updated for this 12th edition, it provides all the necessary advice to help driving instructors and anyone involved in driver training to communicate effectively with learners.

Containing essential guidance on teaching, communication and coaching skills, Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors is ideal for both experienced and trainee driving instructors. It explains how people learn and how to tailor the teaching approach to different needs. With sections on how structuring lessons, it covers the whole teaching process, from early stage lessons through to the final test. The companion title to the bestselling The Driving Instructor's Handbook , it will help you develop and improve your ability to teach drivers how to drive.

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Alicia Bayer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a remarkably thorough book for drivers education teachers. I expected a lot of particulars about driving rules but it is far more than that and actually teaches how to communicate best with the students, how to be an effective coach, and more. There are example dialogues to illustrate effective ways of teaching kids to be confident, excellent drivers.

I can’t imagine there is a huge calling for instructional books for driving instructors, but this is a very well done one for those who need one. Newly updated for 2022.

I read a digital ARC of this book via NetGalley.

[Hazel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical Teaching Skills for Diving instructors does exactly what it says on the cover!!

Although not an instructor I have been teaching my son to drive and was struggling with the way I was explaining the correct ways to drive to him. This book breaks it down and is extremely helpful. It is full of great tools for good communications which I think is very necessary for teaching both in the passenger seat and in other areas of life.

Thanks to Netgalley and Kogan Page Ltd for the ARC Copy of the book. My review is my own opinion.