An example of using a role play method in a brief lesson for my student and I would be going over his or her flight plan before a cross country and role playing different "Radio Transmissions". Going over how to open and close a flight plan on a RCO vs listening on a VOR, role play reporting a Pierep instead of lecturing the steps of a reporting a pierep, or flight following. I would execute this by having the student talk me through there flight plan and they could even chair-fly or just sit in the simulator for a better atmosphere.
The 4 categories of Instructional Methods are: Instructor-Centered, Interactive, Individualized, Experimental. Instructor-Centered breaks down to lecture, questioning, and demonstration. This means that the majority of information is being given to the student from the instructor by either transmitting a lot of knowledge in lecture or physically showing the student what to do in the aircraft. Questions as long as worded correctly are a good way to measure the knowledge retained by the student and promotes more student interaction. An example is showing a landing to the student for his first time in the pattern. The Interactive method uses class discussions, discussion groups, peer teaching, and group projects. Interaction promotes involvement from the students by speaking in different ways such as to the entire class, each other in smaller portions, or individually. The information comes from the students and is guided by the instructor instead of the he or she just giving answers. An example would be having students discuss/teach each other on different sub topics of a chapter. Individualized learning has the techniques of modularized instruction, independent projects, and computerized instruction. This is primarily for learning at different paces and requires a lot of feedback from the instructor. this can be done by an evaluation of a project or discussing an assigned reading. On the computer, questions that pertain to the reading and can be looked up can be formed as well as discussed in person as well. Experiential involves doing and using the psychomotor domain. The student learns by actually going through the motions and can be done in various ways such as clinical methods, role playing, simulations, laboratory methods, and drills. An example would be having the students hands/feet on the yoke and rudders while you preform the landing.
The content is related to selecting methods for instruction because as the instructor, we need to be able and analyze our students accurately and chose the best method so the student gains the most from a topic. Our goal is to help them learn and we want it to be effectively so they continue to pursue. Choosing the wrong method could be putting up a roadblock for the student.
How will the methods vary between flight and ground? Can you effectively change the methods for a flight the same way you can for a ground class?
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Great idea for role play there John. I didn't think of a student continuing as themselves and the instructor playing the seperate role, but in this case it works really well.
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