Ground Training Lesson 1
2.0 Hours Ground
by Philip Greenspun and Kasim Te; revised July 2008
Developed for students at East Coast Aero Club which operated under FAR Part 141 from July 2008 through July 2010.
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Objective
This lesson introduces the fundamentals of instructing. The student
will understand the learning process and how it relates to flight
instruction.
Elements
The Learning Process
- Learning theory
- Behaviorism
- Cognitive theory
- Combined approach
- Definition of learning
- Characteristics of learning
- Learning is purposeful
- Learning is the result of experience
- Learning is multifaceted
- Learning is an active process
- Learning styles
- Principles of learning
- Readiness
- Exercise
- Effect
- Primacy
- Intensity
- Recency
- How people learn
- Perceptions
- Factors which affect perception
- Physical organism
- Basic need
- Goals and values
- Self concept
- Time and opportunity
- Element of threat
- Insight
- Motivation
- Levels of learning
- Domains of learning
- Cognitive domain
- Affective domain
- Psychomotor domain
- Practical application of learning objectives
- Learning physical skills
- Physical skills involves more than muscles
- Desire to learn
- Patterns to follow
- Perform the skill
- Knowledge of results
- Progress follows a pattern
- Duration and organization of lesson
- Evaluation vs. critique
- Application of skill
- Memory
- Sensory register
- Working on short-term memory
- Long-term memory
- Theories of forgetting
- Disuse
- Interference
- Repression
- Retention of learning
- Praise stimulates remembering
- Recall is promoted by association
- Favorable attiudes aid retention
- Learning with all our senses is most effective
- Meaningful repetition aids recall
- Transfer of learning
- Habit formation
- Building block concept
Completion Standards
This lesson will be complete, when by oral examination, the student
displays an understanding of the material presented.
Study Assignments
- Aviation Instructor Handbook -- Chapter 1
Instructor's Evaluation and Recommendations:
Ground Training Record, Lesson 1
Any deviations from the completion standards should be noted in the previous section.
After completing an item in the Elements section, place a check mark next to that item.
- Student Name:
- Instructor Name/CFI#/expiration:
- Instructor Endorsement:
- Date of Lesson: