Functional Skills
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Assignment 1.5 Claire Moyle
FUNCTIONAL
SKILLS
Functional skills are part of a national strategy for improving adult literacy, language and numeracy, e.g., reading, writing, speaking, listening, these skills are also known as skills for life. The core elements of the functional skills are English, Maths and ICT. As a tutor I need to try and embed these skills into my specialist area of Beauty Therapy and to help my learners gain knowledge, skills and understanding in these areas. This is turn will help my learners to be more confident, effective and independent at work and in their home life. It has been researched that learners improve these skills with greater success when they are incorporated into the course they are already studying.
The teaching methods I would use within the classroom will encourage literacy and language skills by listening and speaking, reading and writing, I would do this with Q & A sessions, open discussions, problem solving with contra-indicated clients and completing their workbooks. Record cards and consultations sheets all need to be correctly filled in by the learners. After completing each module I would give the learners a multiple choice examination. I would incorporate a library session and computer session for learners to obtain and evaluate information needed on specific modules.
To embed mathematics within the course the learners each have a turn on reception, this involves taking cash payments, ordering quantities of products and calculating cost, working out percentages when giving discounts, giving receipts and working a till. Within my classroom I would set out practical tasks for the learners in measuring and mixing salon products e.g. Eyelash tints.
Learners ICT skills are embedded by using our new computer system called Salon Iris. Each learner will have the opportunity to input clients information and book client appointments on this system.
Although there are many different ways to...
FUNCTIONAL
SKILLS
Functional skills are part of a national strategy for improving adult literacy, language and numeracy, e.g., reading, writing, speaking, listening, these skills are also known as skills for life. The core elements of the functional skills are English, Maths and ICT. As a tutor I need to try and embed these skills into my specialist area of Beauty Therapy and to help my learners gain knowledge, skills and understanding in these areas. This is turn will help my learners to be more confident, effective and independent at work and in their home life. It has been researched that learners improve these skills with greater success when they are incorporated into the course they are already studying.
The teaching methods I would use within the classroom will encourage literacy and language skills by listening and speaking, reading and writing, I would do this with Q & A sessions, open discussions, problem solving with contra-indicated clients and completing their workbooks. Record cards and consultations sheets all need to be correctly filled in by the learners. After completing each module I would give the learners a multiple choice examination. I would incorporate a library session and computer session for learners to obtain and evaluate information needed on specific modules.
To embed mathematics within the course the learners each have a turn on reception, this involves taking cash payments, ordering quantities of products and calculating cost, working out percentages when giving discounts, giving receipts and working a till. Within my classroom I would set out practical tasks for the learners in measuring and mixing salon products e.g. Eyelash tints.
Learners ICT skills are embedded by using our new computer system called Salon Iris. Each learner will have the opportunity to input clients information and book client appointments on this system.
Although there are many different ways to...