Educational Effectiveness

Themes in the evidence about educational effectiveness include the importance of:

• considering, and sequencing logically, classroom learning, digital learning and experiential learning.
• planning appropriate methods of assessment, including for experiential learning.
• considering learners’ prior experiences, knowledge and skills, in the planning of the curriculum.
• maintaining a ‘line of sight’ to employment.
• involving employers in curriculum design, delivery and assessment.
• understanding learners, in many contexts, need to learn about their employer, the occupational areas, and the kinds of skills and values that are important in their sector.
• understanding that different approaches might be effective in different employment sectors.
• teachers’ role as dual professionals, and the need for teachers to maintain their industrial knowledge as well as their pedagogical skills.
• simulated and authentic practice of workplace skills.
• curriculum that prepares learners for further study and careers, not just for their immediate jobs.