Teaching 14-19 Learners in the Lifelong Learning Sector

Sheine Peart taught in further education for 15 years, teaching numeracy and other vocational programmes. She was particularly engaged in working with learners with challenging behaviour and on E2E programmes. Prior to that she taught in secondary schools, worked as an LEA advisory teacher and youth worker. Dr Liz Atkins is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Huddersfield. She has taught extensively in both further and higher education on both vocational and teacher education programmes and has also managed provision in which university programmes were taught in FE colleges.

• IntroductionHistorical overview of 14-19 qualifications in the UKPathways to achievementTeaching the 14-19 DiplomaManaging the behaviour of 14-19-year-olds in collegesEducation communities – the wider contextConclusion