Guidance Flashcards
Guidance
Helping someone to learn a skill
Types of guidance
Visual
Verbal
Mechanical
Manual
visual guidance
show them how to do the skill through a demo
visual - advantages
gives a mental picture
understand what the skill should look like
make the skill seem achievable if done by a similar ability as you feel like you can replicate the skill
visual - limitations
poor demo gives the wrong mental picture. Mistakes copied
if done by an expert it might seem unachievable
too complex - demotivating
may need assistance of verbal guidance
verbal guidance
explain how to do the skill
verbal - advantages
immediate feedback
motivating if kept positive
can give technical points along side visual guidance
verbal - limitations
can get too boring if too long
can get too complex - overload
doesn’t give mental picture of the skill
demotivating if negative
manual guidance
physically moving someone’s body parts into position
manual - advantages
kinaesthetic feeling of the skill
feel safe
feel confident
manual - limitations
child protection issue/awkward to invade personal space
restrict movement - wrong kinaesthetic feeling
mechanical guidance
use of equipment to aid learning
mechanical - advantages
safety/confidence
able to have a go at more advanced skills
provide some kinaesthetic information of the skill
to develop consistency in skills
mechanical - limitations
restricting movements so the kinaesthetic feeling
false sense of security
dangerous if faulty
you can come to rely on it
