Foi Flashcards
Cfi responsibility dealing with abnormal students
- Don’t certify that student
- Discuss behavior with other cfi and assistant chief
- Talk to FSDO or medical examiner
Student abnormal reaction to stress
- Random actions, illogical
- Change of mood Anger towards cfi or others
- Inappropriate reaction
Student normal reaction to stress
- Fight or flight
- Respond rapidly and exactly within limits to training and experience
Anxiety is
- Fear of something
- Feeling of worrie
- Students may freeze or make wrong input
- The most significant physiological factor affecting a cfi
How does stress affect us
- Some stress is good
- To much hinder us
- A cfi must be alert to stress
What personal characteristics should a cfi have
ASS PADS
- A- acceptance of the student
- S- sincerity
- S- safety practice and accident prevention
- P- propper language
- A- appearance and habits
- D- demeanor (calm and discipline)
- S- self-improvement
5 instructor “don’t”
- Set the student up for failure
- Use profanity
- Disrespect the student
- Say one thing, do another
- Model irresponsible behavior
5 instructor “do”
- Be professional
- Be sincere
- Keep the student informed
- Approach students as individuals
- Be consistent
Define professionalism
GEEFS
- G- good judgment
- E- ethical
- E- extensive training and preparation
- F- fully qualified as a pilot
- S- study and research
Cfi responsibilities
HEEPD
- H- help students
- E- emphasize on the positive
- E- ensure safety
- P- provide adequate instruction
- D- demand standards of performance
How can a cfi minimize students frustration
MACC IICA
- M- motivate
- A- admit errors
- C- consistent
- C- criticize constructively
- I- informed
- I- individual students
- C- credit when due
- A- accurate
The principles of learning
REEPIR
- R- readiness: focused/purpose to learn
- E- effect: if you are comfortable, you are better
- E- exercise: more you do, better are you
- P- primacy: revert back to what you learned first
- I- intensity: more realistic, better result
- R- recency: remember the last you learned
All learning involves
PIM
- P- perception: information sensed
- I- insight: grouping of perception
- M- motivation: you must want to learn
The definition of learning
Change in behavior as a result of experience
The characteristics of learning
RAMP
- R- result of experience
- A- act of prosess
- M- multifaceted
- P- purposeful
How can a cfi provide a more efficient learning experience
- Device a plan
- Positive student/instructor relationship
- Present information effectively
- Transfer responsibility
- Evaluate students
What are the elements of communication
- Source- sender/writer
- Symbol- words/signs
- Receiver- lister/reader
What reduces effective communication
COIL
- C- confusion between symbol and symbolized object
- O- overuse of abstractions
- I- interference
- L- lack of common experience
How can a cfi promote effective listening
- Wait and listen
- Take notes
- Listen to main idea
- Guard against daydreaming
- Ask questions
- Engage students
Instructor’s tasks during students training
MIGA CAB (mega cab)
- M- motivate
- I- inform
- G- give credit when due
- A- approach students individualy
- C- criticize constructively
- A- admit errors
- B- be consistent
What obstacles may prevent learning during flight instruction
- Feeling unfair treatment
- Impatience, want to do more advanced operations
- Worry or lack of interest
- Physical discomfort, illness or fatigue
- Apathy due to inadequate instructions
- Anxiety
4 elements of the teaching process
- Preparation - goal, objective - description of skill or behavior - criteria
- Presentation - lecture, guided discussion, demonstration performance
- Application - student uses what he/she learned
- Review/Evaluation - look for bad habits
What is the purpose of the objective
- Student know what is expected
- Brings the lesson into focus
3 main parts to organize a lesson
- Introduction - attention, motivation, overview
- Development - main part, past to present, simple to complex
- Conclusion - retrace, review, reinforce, relate
How to organize the development section of a lesson
- Past to present - history
- Simple to complex - easy to more difficult
- Known to unknown - use yesterday’s topic into something new
- Most frequent used to least - learn what they need first, then the other
What is the lecture method
BIFT
- B- briefing: what something is, but not why
- I- illustrated talk: pictures, videos
- F- formal lecture: college/University situation
- T- teaching lecture: oral, with questions