ABSTRACT
In schools the motivating force behind innovative learning methods has primarily been concerned with helping develop more fully the untapped ability of low achievers. The assessment and recording of student achievement is an area of some concern and one which advocates and practitioners of student-centred learning need to tackle if the strategy is to gain a high level of credibility as an effective method of training for the world of work. Student-centred learning is much more sensitive to student requirements in the area of basic skills and colleges are providing pop-in workshops which are rapidly becoming an integral part of the new learning environment. A workshop approach to learning, as opposed to a classroom approach, often removes the tutor from centre-stage to a peripheral position within the learning environment. A good student-centred learning programme will automatically have as an essential component a social and life skills element.
