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Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors

Developing Your Client-Centred Learning and Coaching Skills

John Miller, Su McCormack

Whether you're a trainee or experienced driving instructor, improve your client-centred teaching skills with this guide, listed as recommended reading for the the Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) examinations.

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EAN: 9781398630901

Edition: 13

Published: 03 Oct 2026

Format: 234 x 156

304 pages

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About the book

Improve your driver teaching, coaching and communication skills with this Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) recommended guide for the Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) examinations.

Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors is the essential handbook for all new and established driving instructors. Fully revised and updated in partnership with the DVSA, this edition provides all the necessary advice to help driving instructors and anyone involved in driving training to communicate effectively with learners.

Containing guidance on teaching, communication and coaching skills, this book explains how people learn and how to tailor the teaching approach to different learning needs. With sections on how to structure lessons, it covers the whole teaching process, from early stage lessons through to the final test as well as passing the ADI Standards Check.

This book is the essential companion to The Driving Instructor's Handbook, also published by Kogan Page.

About the authors

Susan McCormack is Managing Director of Tri-Coaching Partnership, which focuses on training and developing Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs), based in East Anglia, UK. A regular contributor to industry media, she has created several training courses, including the Pearson-accredited BTEC Level 4 in Coaching for Driver Development. She is the co-author of The Driving Instructor's Handbook, also published by Kogan Page.

John Miller was involved in the driver training industry for over 35 years, based in Chichester, UK. He was a qualified and experienced instructor trainer and LGV instructor. For many years he ran his own driving school for car and lorry drivers in Chichester, together with an instructor training facility. He was the author of The Driving Instructor's Handbook, also published by Kogan Page.

John Miller

Su McCormack