The policy backdrop
It is easy to think sometimes that Adult Learning happens in a vacuum. It does not. The way in which Adult Learning is provided is shaped both by the ways in which our society is changing and by government policy. Government policy determines how Adult Learning is planned and funded and how its quality is measured. If you would like to understand a bit more about the forces that shape the direction of Adult Learning, download the document on the right hand side of this page which provides the current policy backdrop to the work that you do, whether as a tutor or a manager in adult learning, or as a Subject Learning Coach. Understanding what the expectations of Adult Learning are, helps you to think through in what ways teaching and learning in Adult Learning needs to develop and change.