Chapter 4: The Teaching Process

Question 1

What are 4 essential teaching skills?

Answer 1

People Skills
Subject Matter Expertise
Management Skills
Assessment Skills

Question 2

What are people skills

Answer 2

People skills are the ability to interact, talk, understand, empathise or connect with people.

Question 3

What are people skills?

Answer 3

People skills are the ability to interact, talk, understand, empathise or connect with people.
Effective communication underlies people skills.

Question 4

What is Subject Matter Expertise?

Answer 4

A subject matter expert is a person who possess a high level of expertise, knowledge or skill in a particular area.
Subject matter expertise is essential to effective teaching.

Question 5

What are management skill?

Answer 5

Management skill generally include the ability to plan, organise, lead or supervise.
To plan and organise a lesson is an essential teaching skill.

Question 6

What are assessment skills

Answer 6

Assessment skills is an ability to assess or measure the change in behavior bought about by learning.
It is essential to be clear about the importance about assessment.

Question 7

What are the 2 types of training objectives?

Answer 7

Performance based

Decision based

Question 8

What is the performance based objective?

Answer 8

A performance based objective is a measurable standard that will describe the desired performance of the student.
A performance base objective consists of 3 elements;

Question 9

To what what level of learning should we aspire to in aviation?

Answer 9

The application level or higher

Question 10

What are the three elements that make up a performance based objective?

Answer 10

Description
Conditions
Criteria

Question 11

What is the description element of a performance base objective?

Answer 11

Describes the desired outcome of the instruction.
It could be knowledge, skill or attitude based.
It describes in a clear and measurable way.

Question 12

What is the condition element of a performance based objective?

Answer 12

It specifies the rules under which the skill or behavior is demonstrated.
It will list tools, materials, and limiting parameters.

Question 13

What is the criteria element of a performance based objective?

Answer 13

It is the standard that measures the accomplishment of the objective.
It will be clear and without question that the objective has been met.

Question 14

What is the decision based objective?

Answer 14

It is an objective that’s designed to develop aeronautical decision making.
It is real world scenario based training with maneuver based training incorporated.

Question 15

What are the 3 elements of organising training material?

Answer 15

Introduction
Development
Conclusion

Question 16

What is the introduction element of organising training material?

Answer 16

An introduction sets the stage for learning.
It consists of;
Attention
Motivation
Overview

Question 17

What is the development element of organising training material?

Answer 17

Development is the main part of the lesson where the subject matter is developed.
It be developed by using;
Past-to-present
Simple-to-complex
Known-to-Unknown
Most frequently used to least used

Question 18

What is the conclusion element of organising training material?

Answer 18

It’s a point in the lesson where important elements of the subject are reviewed.

Question 19

What are the 3 training delivery methods?

Answer 19

Lecture method
Discussion method
Guided discussion method

Question 20

What is the teaching lecture delivery method?

Answer 20

A lecture method that introduces topics and learning with some student interaction.
Suitable for introducing new material and background information and facts.

Question 21

What is an informal lecture?

Answer 21

A form of lecture that involves active student participation.

Question 22

What is the discussion method of training delivery?

Answer 22

It is the combination of lecture and student discussion.

Question 23

What is the guided discussion method of training delivery?

Answer 23

A discussion of the subject matter by students that is guided by the instructor towards the learning objective.
Used to draw out student knowledge.
Often preceded by student self study or a lecture of the subject matter.

Question 24

How is a lead-off question used by the instructor in a guided discussion?

Answer 24

It is used to open up and area of discussion of the subject matter.

Question 25

How is a follow-up question used by the instructor in a guided discussion?

Answer 25

Used to guide the discussion towards the learning objective.

Whether it’s to elaborate or to bring the discussion back on topic.

Question 26

What are the 5 types of questions?

Answer 26

Overhead
Rhetorical
Direct
Reverse
Relay

Question 27

What is an overhead question?

Answer 27

It’s a question that directed to a group.

Used as a lead-off question in the discussion method of training.

Question 28

What is a Rhetorical question?

Answer 28

It’s a question that directed to a group, but the answer is given by the instructor.
Used as a lead-off question to invoke group thought in the discussion method of training.

Question 29

What is a directed question?

Answer 29

A question directed at a specific student.

Question 30

What is a reverse question?

Answer 30

A question