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At ease, soldier! Stop ‘smashing it out’ in a week: Extending the Functional Skills English classroom in Army Apprenticeships

    Resource Type: 
    etf
    PID: 
    etf:3396
    Description: 

    This study explored the extent to which a flipped-classroom approach using digital resources would impact on learner engagement and progression in Functional Skills English.

    Document: 
    PDF icon Extending the functional skills English classroom in army apprenticeships - Poster.pdf
    PDF icon Extending the functional skills English classroom in army apprenticeships - Report.pdf
    Taxonomy: 
    Practitioner Research and Evidence Hub: 
    Yes
    Principal focus of the project: 

    This study explores the potential for technology-based solutions to help overcome the need to rush delivery to soldiers between exercises and deployment.

    What is this about and what were the main findings: 

    This study sampled 10 trainers and a cohort of 25 Army apprentices preparing for Functional Skills English exams. This was supported by creating and testing flipped resources. Emerging findings indicated that learners enjoyed having access to digital materials before the classroom sessions, as it enabled them to review the information at their own pace, and classroom time could be spent applying and exploring newly acquired knowledge.

    Number of learner participants: 
    21-50
    Number of staff participants: 
    11-20
    Number of organisation participants: 
    1
    Name(s) of authors: 

    Louise Sheppard

    Name of associate programmes: 

    ETF/sunCETT MA Short Course, Practitioner Research Programme

    PREP Starred: 
    PREP Starred