Strengths And Limitations Of Teaching And Learning Approaches

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U2 AC 1.2 - Compare the strengths and limitations of teaching and learning approaches used in own area of specialism in relation to meeting individual learner needs.
My area of education is driving instruction for cars, meaning I teach people to drive a car to the DSA (Driving Standards Agency) driving test standard. One of the strengths of this type of tuition is that it is specialised or dedicated one to one which is very good for the type of learners I attract. Older people and people with special needs require this type of tuition because it is focused on one thing at a time and once learned it is easy to re-enforce by moving on to the next stage of learning. The downside to this is because there is very little group work it does prove

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