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This 'Trainer's Guide' aims to help teachers and trainers design teaching programmes that deliver 'key skills'. It was developed by a team of researchers, teachers and trainers from Greece, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom, taking part in a European-funded project called 'KeyNet' . This Project targeted the young unemployed (16-25) and the long term unemployed (40+) and looked at the ways in which the development of effective key skills programmes could improve their general skills levels and thus increase their employment prospects.

1.2 Early in the Project it became clear that examples of good practice in the delivery of key skills could be found in all four countries. It was also obvious that most students, trainees, teachers, trainers and employers knew very little about 'key skills' and their importance in improving an individual's potential 'employability'. This 'Trainer's Guide' has been produced to bring ideas on key skill training and examples of good practice to all teachers and trainers involved in the delivery of key skills. It is hoped that trainers will find the 'Guide' useful and helpful when they are faced with the following questions:

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