What do you learn from instructing?
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What do you learn from instructing?
Hello again,
getting the chance to be a synthetic flight instructor. What are the pros on it? What do you learn while instructing? You often fly less than before. is that not good. Do you get more experience by watching the students? What are your thoughts?
Thanks!
SW
getting the chance to be a synthetic flight instructor. What are the pros on it? What do you learn while instructing? You often fly less than before. is that not good. Do you get more experience by watching the students? What are your thoughts?
Thanks!
SW
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You will have to take those things you now take for granted, and find the right words to explain the hows and whys.
And to demonstrate them while informing the student what to watch for, listen for, and feel.
You'll become more analytical, forming stronger cause-and-effect connections. As my dad said, that's when you really learn about flying.
And to demonstrate them while informing the student what to watch for, listen for, and feel.
You'll become more analytical, forming stronger cause-and-effect connections. As my dad said, that's when you really learn about flying.
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What do you learn while instructing?
You learn how to explain things which you took for granted.
You thereby learn how things really work, in so far as you can understand them.
You learn what things you do not really understand, and you learn how to cope with your lack of understanding.
You learn how to get along with people whom you would never otherwise choose to be your friends, via a common interest in flying.
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Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach
Lemma wisdom. In full -
Those who can, do ...
Those who can't do, teach ...
Those who can't teach, teach teachers ...
I reckon I can say that .. I can do some things, I have taught others, and I have taught teachers ...
Lemma wisdom. In full -
Those who can, do ...
Those who can't do, teach ...
Those who can't teach, teach teachers ...
I reckon I can say that .. I can do some things, I have taught others, and I have taught teachers ...
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… you'll surely learn from their mistakes!
Yes, but teachers must also learn from their mistakes.
Teaching provides greater opportunity for learning – researching, preparation, understanding the student (human behaviour), understanding human interaction, how people learn, remember, recall, and apply knowledge, etc, etc.
To benefit from this process the teacher has to reflect on all of these aspects.
Who should teach? Everyone should be a teacher.
A Captain (senior team member) should instruct his crew, setting an example and providing explanation. A junior, can self instruct, looking, learning, and preparing their own 'lessons'; individuals should not overlook opportunities to ‘teach’ as a means of improving performance and experience.
Yes, but teachers must also learn from their mistakes.
Teaching provides greater opportunity for learning – researching, preparation, understanding the student (human behaviour), understanding human interaction, how people learn, remember, recall, and apply knowledge, etc, etc.
To benefit from this process the teacher has to reflect on all of these aspects.
Who should teach? Everyone should be a teacher.
A Captain (senior team member) should instruct his crew, setting an example and providing explanation. A junior, can self instruct, looking, learning, and preparing their own 'lessons'; individuals should not overlook opportunities to ‘teach’ as a means of improving performance and experience.
