Blog Post 3 -New Private Pilot?

I recieved my first new private student, and after we introduce ourselves some of the items i would cover would be:
  -going over the operating procedures for westminster such as showing up on time to a lesson, meaning greater than 30min early
  -dressing properly for each lesson regarding weather and season
  - knowing before-hand whats to come before each lesson
  -being prepared and studying/memorizing all available infromation for the next lesson such as speeds, maneuvering procedures, ground knowledge, required reading, etc.
  -contact me 24hrs in advance of a cancellation
  -knowing your flight schedule in regards to no-showing
  -reading the pilot reads, emails, and FIF's
  -I would also involve, when the student would like to be completed by so we can have the same goal. 

Blog Post 2 -a new flight instructor??

Before i did ground or flight instruction with this new student, i'd first look in his/her folder and see recent flight(s) they conducted. Lessons that weren't passed and needed to be redone or touched-up could be seen. also from the ground knowledge standpoint, i'd see recent time they met and what they went over. Once i met with the student and got to meet them, i'd go into detail about previous knowledge. I'd be asking them questions they should have learned in the past and focus and go into more depth about areas they were weak on. Another method would be to ask their last instructor and get an idea on what the student was struggling with or needed help on. I could get good insight by doing this so its an easy transition. I could also ask the instructor stuff they havent gone over yet and material that needs still to be presented. With all this infromation, i can get a good understanding about the student and what's to come.

Blog Post 1 -breaking the plateau

  My student after the third lessson is still not understanding landings by the method i'm teaching them. I feel i should tell my supervisor but not yet, i feel this plateau is fixable but its going to requier a lot more attention from both parties, instructor and student. I think it's the actual method that i need to change, and teach my student in a different approach. there are many things that can be changed but i'll try each one and see which one works to break his/her plateau. one large thing it depends on is what is bothering the student. they're could be a variety of problems with the student which could be difficult to pinpoint. another lesson with teaching the student different ways of landing might be needed, but the way which are taught must be differernt than the privious ways, but it all depends on what the student is haveing trouble with. -possibly flare? airspeed? height above touchdown? the approach? centerline?
  Another method i would give to the student if that last method of teaching didnt work is go up with another instructor to get a different outlook. recieving someone elses feedback or teaching method could solve the problem of landing. but if either way doesnt work, I would then send him up with a supervisor.

Blog Post 4 -Visualization Article

Visualization... humm... i've seen this before. I've seen it when i got a 1 on my commercial manuvers when i did them better than my instructor. (not to brag of course.) but i know for a fact some of my students will be great pilots automatically, and i will strive to make them all better than i am. I want to see them surpass me so i someday can give them a 1 on their manuvers. one way i will tell them to study or improve is to visualize. visualize their manuvers by chair flying. -we all have done it, so pass it on.

Every landing is like a fingerprint, no two are alike. every landing is a different new situation that one has to perfect. visualizing a perfect approach or seeing an approach that needs to be corrected are all skills aquired by doing. flying and flying once again gives you a great picture on how an approach should look. Its something based on timing, keen flight skills, thinking ahead, and visioning. recognize a poor approach and correcting for it is an art. -an art i want to teach students

Every pilot thinks their the best, and every pilot loves to talk about their stories, but what really does make a good captain? what makes him ready for his future career, ha, his stories? possibly... but one thing that makes a great future captain is paying attention to his required training and putting it into skills or real scenarios. listing to others talk or communicate is a great example to learn. I use to go to my local FBO every day and listen to pilots talk in the lounge, and i'd converse with them. -and that was the most i've EVER learned. -hearing another's opinion or situation.

Blog Post 3 -Assessment Article

  Formative assessment is critique during a lesson so one can improve on it to try and accomplish a goal while summative assessment is an evaluation at the end of the learning unit or lesson program. Summative is judgements about the learners effectieveness or a final examination to see how one did.
  Criterion is entended to determine wheater or not a learner has achieved a set level of competence where an evaluation might be required. A norm is based on how well a learner has mastered the material compared to other learners/students. its compared to the class norm. Self referenced are used when the student has a personal learning goal and success is based on the students own opinion.
  Self directed learners are for sophisticated learners who can feel, think, review themselves in an integrated theoretical system. they feel there is no single final solution and will accept feedback on how successful they think they did on their work.

Blog Post 2 -Selecting Methods

  A few ways i'd use role playing for my student, is having him practice chair flying as a skit with his eyes closed in front of me. Or another perfect way is to put his headset on and give me readbacks to practice inflight communication skills. its basically for him to perform a certain skill using cognitive domain. They should act in front of the instructor to gain knowledge on a specific subject. There are four methods of instructional methods in teaching students. to start out, the Instructional-centered method is primarly responsible for conveying info to the students by demonstration, lecture, and questioning. The next method is Interactive, where learning is facilitated by involvement, cooperation, and construction of knowledge through dialogue. There are different types like class discussions, groups, peer teaching, and group projects. Another method is Individual learning, where one learns on small individual steps. It uses modularized instruction, indipendent projects, and computerized skills. This leads us into the next method, Expiermental learning. It takes place in situations where students are involved in performing tasks by experiencing or doing. This includes role playing, simulations, games, drills, or labratory methods. Depending on the student and also the instructor, chooses what kind of meathod to use. Or also the type of lesson that will be taught.

  The paper asks to discuss the learning difficulty with adults and how it'll affect my teaching. Well, i was lucky enough to fly at an early age, and i will say that becuase my brain was still developing, i was able to learn extremely quickly and effectivly. I have never thaken in so much infromation so quickly in my entire life and enjoyed it more than ever. now that i'm 6 years older my brain process has slowed and is more developed. I dont take in the infromation like i use to. I think i enjoyed it so much more back then, and i think that applies to everyone in the same boat as me. Its a lot easier to teach a younger student that an older one.

Blog Post 1 -Construct vs positivist

Epistomology is a word philosiphors use to describe the meaning of knowledge, and how its aquired. It focuses on analizing the truth or final beliefs. Its more of a word that pertains to the theory of thought and how its aquired. one type, positivist deals with set in stone facts or 'known' infromation and is something that is discovered or learned. there is a lot of infromation out there, but we just have to find it. on the opposite end, constructivist, believe in qualitative research or learning through privious known experiences to devolope an understanding. its an external process to learn the facts. and if i had to identify any of them, i'd say a positivist because i learn and gather infromation by known facts without reaching too deep into them. i see/view info and gather it from there. but sometimes the reasearch and privious experiences prove a great way to learn which is why constructivist is smart. If i had to take a couple facts from this article i'd say that everyone is different. no one learns the same way. everyone has a different way of approaching infromation and distilling it in their memory. being a positivist or constructivist can take either sides of learning, but which ever is most useful for the student is fine. neither one is a wrong way to learn or gain knowledge, as long as the student takes in the proper infromation and understands it, its fine.