Learning Principles

The Learning Principles toolkit takes academic research in areas such as motivation, barriers to learning, learning styles and transition, and specialist topics including homelessness, numeracy, ethnicity and work-based learning, and provides accessible and practical, information and hints and tips, underpinned by best practice and first principles to help people to learn and stay learning.

The documents can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on the title.

• Building Self-Confidence
• ePortfolios
• Improving Memory
• Information Literacy - information skills for everyone
• Learning Centres in the Learning Region
• Learning in Later Life
• Learning Styes (Practice)
• Learning Styles (Theory)
• Managing Transitions
• Motivating Learners
• Numeracy Issues
• Providing Further Education in the Community
• Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and the Scottish and Credit Qualification Framework (SCQF)
• Return to Learning
• Supporting Black and Minority Ethnic Learners
• Supporting Learners Affected by Homelessness
• Teaching Adults
• Trade Union Members and their Learning Needs
• Using e-Learning Materials to support achievement of Knowledge and Understanding requirements of S/NVQs
• Work-based Learning