I did a semi-intensive course with Dawn Kitson my driving instructor. During our sessions she encouraged me to take responsibility for my own learning, progress and development. At the end of every lesson she asked me to consider what I wanted to focus on the following session and reminded me to read the passages in the book and the video clips, as well as to observe other drivers. Then at the start of each session she would ask me what I thought I needed to improve on and why, depending on my thoughts and her observations we would discuss these elements prior to setting off. Therefore I lead the focus of the lesson, and she nurtured my development through that. During sessions whenever we came to challenging situations, or my actions / performance required analysing, Dawn would open a discussion with ‘How do you think that went?’, she would then give me time to think, reflect and consider how I handled the situation, if I could have done better, how I could of done better. Only if I couldn’t give an answer, or my answer needed expanding on, would Dawn step in and adjust my thoughts. She encouraged me to talk through my own solutions to the problems I was presented with. The way that Dawn works allowed me to always be open and honest about my progress, the elements that I found challenging and the areas I didn’t understand. I felt there was nothing I couldn’t discuss, I was at ease asking even the most ‘stupid’, obvious questions. Ones I thought that I should already know the answer to. When I did make mistakes Dawn encouraged me to see this mistakes, solve the issue and guide me through any misconceptions that may have resulted in the mistake in the first place. At the end of the lesson, we discussed the session and the progress made. Dawn would ask me how confident I was feeling on the areas covered in the session. Then, as stated at the start of this document, would prompt me to consider the focus for the next lesson etc. Dawn’s outgoing manner, calm approach, questioning and thought provoking approach I believe allowed me to be calm, remain focused, challenge myself and progress my learning and enjoy myself.
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