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Teaching Handbook Key Concepts Flashcards

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What are the four components of emotional intelligence?

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Self awareness. Self management. Social awareness. Relationship management

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What’s the difference between intrapersonal skills and interpersonal skills?

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IntrApersonal skills occur inside the mind. Interpersonal skills are applied in the physical world.

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What are the components of verbal communication?

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Content, tone, cadence, level of formality.

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What are the components of non-verbal communication?

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Posture, hand gestures, facial expressions, eye contact.

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What are the limitations of extrinsic motivation?

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Students are focused on an external reward/end result as opposed to the process. Students with intrinsic motivation are more likely to be focused on the process.

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What are the four types of fun?

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People fun. Easy fun. Hard fun. Serious fun.

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What are three types of goals?

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Outcome goal (broad and longterm.) Performance goal (helps get to the outcome.) Process goal (aka objective.)

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What is gap analysis?

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The steps necessary to move between the current state and the desired state.

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What are the levels of Maslow, starting from the bottom?

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Physical and material needs. Safety and security. Social belonging. Self esteem. Self actualization.

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What are some ways to manage the flow of information?

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Pacing. Terrain management. (Open versus closed learning environments.) Difficulty of tasks.

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Why is it important to ask students questions throughout the lesson?

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Feedback and collaboration and checking for understanding.

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What are four ways to handle a class?

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Lineup, circle, huddle, freeform.

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What are the five teaching styles?

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Command. Task. Reciprocal. Guided discovery (instructor provides options.) Problem solving (similar to GD but more freeform.)

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What are the stages in a progression?

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Stationary. Simple. Complex. Whole. (Whole brings it back to skiing.)

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What is teaching for transfer?

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Making non-skiing skills relevant.

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What are the two ways to use lateral learning?

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To isolate and develop skills. To blend and apply skills.

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What are two ways of describing learning preferences?

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VAK and feeling, watching, doing, thinking.

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What are the five characteristics of effective feedback?

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Descriptive, positive, specific, relevant and solicited.

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What are three types of feedback?

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Concurrent, terminal and delayed.

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What are four motor skill benchmarks?

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Improvement (skills getting better over time); consistency (skills more stable across different situations); adaptability (ability to modify in response to challenges); persistence (improved performance into the future.)

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What are the three stages of motor skills, according to Fitts and Posner?

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Cognitive stage: Have to think about to do it; associative stage: smoother, more natural; autonomous stage: permanent motor learning achieved. (Note this is NOT the same as skills levels.)

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What are the six components of the student profile?

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Personal characteristics; past experiences; identity/values/beliefs; attitudes/emotions; goals/motivations; physical condition/ability.

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What are the six phases of the teaching/learning cycle?

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Get to know each other; assess personal and performance characteristics; define goals/create a plan; explore options/experiment with solutions; practice new skills; discover new adventures.

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What are the four steps in the learning process?

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Have an experience. Reflect on the experience. Learn from the experience. Apply what is learned.

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What are three things an instructor MUST do to communicate technical concepts?

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Interpret fundamentals for students. Identify common problems. Provide drills/progressions.

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What are four characteristics of great lessons?

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Creative, engaging, collaborative and technically sound.

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What is the purpose of technical knowledge?

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To help you make decisions that keep your lessons simple and effective. This helps students progress quickly.

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What are some technical terms that can be useful to help students connect with physical sensations?

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Slip, slide, pivot, skid, carve, rotate, angulate, tilt, twist, pressure, etc.

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What are the three things that influence how skiers/riders apply the fundamentals?

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Environment. Accuracy. Speed. Also DIRT. (Duration, intensity, rate, timing.)

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What is the value of creative learning environments?

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Play and experimentation help w/ retention and promote confidence.

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What are the three steps in the risk management process?

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Hazard ID. Risk Analysis. Decision making.

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What role does risk play in students’ ability to learn?

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Students are most receptive when they are alter and focused, as opposed to bored or anxious/afraid.

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What are some factors in human hazards?

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Complacency. Over confidence. Distraction. Fatigue, stress, performance. Different risk perceptions. Risk compensation. Peer pressure.

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What is the first alpine fundamental?

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Control the relationship of the center of mass to the base of support to direct pressure along the length of the skis. (Pressure control.)

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What is the second alpine fundamental?

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Control pressure from ski to ski and direct pressure toward the outside ski. (Pressure control.)

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What is the third alpine fundamental?

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Control edge angles through a mix of inclination and angulation. (Edge control.)

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What is the fourth alpine fundamental?

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Control the skis’ rotation with leg rotation, separate from the upper body. (Rotational control.)

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What is the fifth alpine fundamental?

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Regulate the magnitude of press created through ski/snow interactions. (Pressure control.)

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