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About the Book

Well done! To be reading this you must have passed Parts 1 and 2 of the ADI (Approved Driving Instructor) exam. This means you have first-rate knowledge of the theory of driving and can also demonstrate this in practice.

So what's the Part 3 about? It's the test of your ability to pass your skill and knowledge onto your pupils. It's about teaching, not driving. Part 3 isn't easy, if it was the average pass rate would be higher than 30%. However, it's not impossible as there are currently 29,000 ADIs on the register. During the research for this book I spoke to many ADIs who passed first time, so it can be done.

Just over 100 people, who have recently taken at least one Part 3 ADI test, were surveyed. The results of that survey have been used to prepare this book.

In order to pass your Part 3 you need to be realistic about how much training you'll need. The people I interviewed often said things like, "I wish I had put more hours in", "I should have had more training," or "I didn't realise how much it would cost to learn". The university research project into the Part 3 exam that lead to this book brought to light many flaws in candidates' understanding of the exam requirements. There were also problems with their planning for the exam and sometimes with their training.

The book, Pass Part 3, has over a hundred pages, with full colour illustrations. It has a complete explanation of the Part 3 exam. It has been written so as to be easy to understand. It includes the actual Part 3 marking sheets as used by the DSA. There's also a guide on lesson planning and each of the ten preset tests is fully covered with: -

• A briefing for each topic
• Key points
• Aims and objectives
• Suggested questions
• Typical faults
• The survey results on candidate perceptions and actual performance

To complement the book there is a set of matching flip over, laminated prompt cards. These can be used in the car and during your actual Part 3 exam.

Once you've passed Part 3 you'll still find the book and prompt cards invaluable for planning lessons for your pupils and passing your DSA check test.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #192877 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-01
• Binding: Paperback

About the Author
Lynne Barrie became an ADI after teaching in secondary schools for sixteen years. She has run her own driving school for ten years and provides ADI training for Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the ADI examination. She is a grade six ADI. This book came about as the result of research into resources for, and experiences of, the Part 3 exam. She undertook this as part of a Master's degree in Driver Training with Middlesex University. This book is based on that research, as well as her own experience. Lynne is a member of the DIA, MSA, the ADI Federation and the Institute of Advanced Motorists.

Excerpted from Pass Part Three: A Practical Guide to Passing Your ADI Part 3 Exam by . Copyright © 2003. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Foreword

By Dr. Peter Russell,
Chairman, Driving Instructors Association (International)
UK Representative at the European Union on Driver Training

Safe drivers are not born, they are trained. Successful instructors need to take on many other roles apart from that of `teacher'. They need to be adviser, coach, co-driver, confidant, foreman, friend, mentor and even nurse-maid, dependent upon the pupil's needs at any time. The skill in teaching to drive is identifying which role to play at each stage of the learning processes.

Really good professional driving trainers are probably the best "wordsmiths" in the world. They are able to reduce all the horror stories about driving tests and the complexities of learning to drive into simple, believable and achievable practical exercises. Not many people can do this really well, which is why good professional instructors need to be trained and shown how to teach this basic subject in a totally understandable and acceptable way.

Those who train instructors need to be even better; and, regrettably, first class trainers of new instructors are very rare. Lynne Barrie is one such trainer, and I commend her book, which was part of her Master of Arts project in Driver Education, to all new instructors who need to learn how to teach the whole subject of driving in easily applied stages.

Teaching is assisting with learning. Learning is developing a change of behaviour, in the case of driving, changing from a pedestrian to a fully qualified and safe motorist. Lynne's book gets to the heart of teaching, efficiently and effectively. She did not just write what she knew, she researched assiduously to find out what her new instructors needed; and then she produced this book to fill this noticeable gap in the market place.


Peter Russell

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