Carol Dweck - 'Your abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work' This emphasises that our talents and skills are not fixed, they can be enhanced through perseverance and effort.

• achievable aims and objectives

• how to use teaching styles

• student centred approach

• peer on peer discussions and feedback

• engaging and relevant subject topics

• demonstrate relevance

• elements of enjoyment and competitiveness

• avoid teacher led approach

• avoid to much factual input

• lots of variety throughout the lesson.

• healthy balance between teaching aids (powerpoint) and teacher input.

• powerpoint should be used as a background tool not as a main source for the lesson.

How do they meet individual learners' needs?

• Placement booklets - these are good as the students get to keep a diary of their placement, all their relevant placement information is in one booklet. Limitations are that sometimes the student will 'forget' their placement book or they say they have lost it.

• Observation visits - these are great as its a 1-1 visit with myself and the student whilst on placement. I get a chance to see how they are doing and we also get a chance where we can talk about how placement is going and also have a look through the placement booklets. Limitations are that the appointment has to be agreed between myself, the employer and the student. Sometimes this can be tricky to get a day/time that suits us all.

• WEX (work experience) platform - this is an online platform where the students upload their placement hours, once uploaded they get sent to the employer so they can confirm attendance - this keeps track on how many hours they have completed. Limitations is that i have to individually go into this site and check the hours against each student, it doesn't tell me automatically when a student is near completion or even missed a day.

How do they meet individual learners' needs?

• Money Making Activity

• Learn & Respond

• Demo & Do

• money making activity is something where students are set up to do clients over a set time for "money" and to do as much as they can. this can be hard as some students will be more engaged than the others.

• When doing things like h&s i like to ask students for 3 examples based around a question i ask them to know they have understood the lesson. this can be hit and miss due to students lack of involvement throughout the lesson.

• when learning a new cut i will show them before i ask them to do it as i will break it down into stages. so they will watch what i do and then repeat throughout the process. ones this is complete i will then ask them to do it again with minimal help to see if they can recreate the look.

How do they meet individual learners' needs?

• On the road training,

  Strengths: Entirely verbal & practical, most effective for rapid improvement.

  Weaknesses: Risks to safety, when learner is in control. No notes can be taken as driving taking place.

  1 to 1 attention so learning tailored to individual.

• Handbook activities,

  Strengths: Engaging allowing learners to work at their pace and opportunity to demonstrate knowledge.

  Weaknesses: Cost, not environmentally friendly, not ideal for some with additional needs.

  Group activity, allows collaborative learning but often can overlook individuals needs.

• Powerpoint presentation

  Strengths: Can be engaging for a classroom session, allows large amounts of data to be accessible with multiple animations.

  Weaknesses: Can be relied on as the main source reducing engagement with teacher.

  Reliant on reading ability but can be an excellent tool as a teaching aid.