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A Smart Guide To Becoming A Driving Instructor
Training to become an Approved Driving Instructor is more than passing a set of exams. It is a personal and professional journey that reshapes the way you think, teach and communicate. This guide walks you through that journey with…
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Know Your Traffic Signs
This handy reference title illustrates and explains the vast majority of traffic signs that a road user is likely to encounter. A thorough knowledge of all traffic signs is essential for all road users, not just new drivers or riders,…
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The Driving Instructors Handbook
The Driving Instructor's Handbook covers every aspect of being a driving instructor, from the role itself, to the characteristics needed to the job effectively, through to preparation for the ADI exams. Now in its 22nd edition, the book…
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The Official DVSA Guide to Driving - The Essential Skills
Whether you’re a learner, an experienced driver or a driving instructor, The Official DVSA Guide to Driving – The Essential Skills is packed full of advice that will help you stay safe on our roads.
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The Official DVSA Guide to Learning to Drive
The Official DVSA Guide to Learning to Drive will help the learner and anyone helping someone learn to drive by explaining the standard required for each key skill examined within the driving test. This new edition will help the person…
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The Official Highway Code
The Highway Code is essential reading for all road users, including pedestrians, mobility scooter users, cyclists, horse riders, drivers and motorcyclists.
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The Smarter Thinking Driver
The Smarter Thinking Driver is a practical coaching guide for driving instructors who want to develop safer, more aware, and more independent drivers. Instead of focusing only on what learners do, this book explores how instructors can…
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Untwisiting The Road To Success
A guide to the 17 competencies assessed in the Standards Check and ADI Part 3 test. With videos, exercises and teaching strategies, it helps instructors build confidence, strengthen their skills and apply their learning in everyday lessons.
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Who's In The Driving Seat: The Driving Instructor’s Guide To Client-Centred Learning
Who’s In the Driving Seat? by Ged and Claire Wilmot helps trainee and qualified instructors develop coaching and client-centred teaching skills, with practical tools, lesson structures, conversation examples and additional online resources.
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Drive On When You're Ready
Drive On When You're Ready by Andy Langford offers advice for learner drivers, covering car controls, positioning, mirrors, signalling and planning. It explains common test mistakes and how to avoid them while building safer driving skills.
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Safeguarding for Driving Instructors
Safeguarding for Driving Instructors provides practical, easy-to-understand guidance to help you recognise when something may not be right, respond appropriately and understand what action to take.
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