Miscellaneous Flashcards
What is “insight”?
Grouping of perceptions into meaningful wholes. Creating insight is one of the instructor’s major responsibilities.
Key steps an instructor can do to help a student develop insights?
Pointing out the relationships as they occur
Providing a secure and nonthreatening environment in which to learn
Helping the student acquire and maintain a favorable self-concept
3 domains of learning
Cognitive - thinking, knowledge
Affective - feeling, attitude
Psychomotor - doing, skills
Most common teaching methods
Lecture Guided discussion Demonstration performance Group learning Computer based
Advantages and disadvantages of lecture method
Convenient for large groups
Present info that might otherwise be difficult to get
Can supplement other teaching methods
Present many ideas in a short time
Most economical in terms of time required to present material
Introduce background info for new subject
Not effective for learning large amounts of info in a short time
Cannot easily estimate student understanding and progress
Possible for instructor to present too much info
Maybe difficult to hold student’s attention
Two types of oral questions
Fact questions - memory and recall (who, what, when, where)
Higher Order Thinking Skills
HOTS questions - combine knowledge of facts with an ability to analyze situations, solve problems, and arrive at conclusions (how & why)
How can instructor determine if student is ready to solo?
Shows consistency in the required solo tasks:
takeoffs and landings
ability to prioritize in maintaining control of the aircraft
proper navigation skills
proficiency in flight
proper radio procedures and communication skills
traffic pattern operation
This determination is made when instructor observes student from preflight to engine shutdown and the student performs consistently, without need of instructor assistance.
Student pilots should receive instruction to ask for assistance or help from the ATC system when needed.
Define ADM
Aeronautical Decision-Making (ADM) is a systematic approach to the mental process used by pilots to consistently determine the best course of action in response to a given set of circumstances.
5 Hazardous attitudes and antidotes
Anti-authority - “Don’t tell me” - follow the rules, they are usually right
Impulsivity - “Do it quickly” - not so fast, think first
Invulnerability - “Won’t happen to me” - it could happen to me
Macho - “I can do it” - taking chances is foolish
Resignation - “What’s the use” - I’m not helpless, I can make a difference
DECIDE
Detect the change Estimate need to counter change Choose desirable outcome Identify solutions/actions Do the necessary actions Evaluate the effects of the actions
I’M SAFE
Illness
Medicine
Stress
Alcohol
Fatigue
Eating
PAVE
4 fundamental risk elements
Pilot
Aircraft
enVironment
External factors
Define situational awareness
Situational awareness is the accurate perception and understanding of all the factors and conditions within the four fundamental risk elements (PAVE) that affect safety before, during, and after the flight
How to mitigate risk?
I’M SAFE
PAVE
What are hazards and risks?
Two defining elements of ADM
Hazard - a real or perceived condition, event, or circumstance
Risk - an assessment of the single or cumulative hazards; the pilot assigns a value to the potential impact of the hazard, risk
Different pilots see hazards differently
