FOI: The Teaching Process (Task C)

Question 1

What is Teaching?

Answer 1

The process of instructing or training someone

Question 2

Essential Teaching Skill

Answer 2

PAMS

• People Skills
• Assessment Skills
• Management Skills
• Subject Matter Expertise

Question 3

Course of Training

Answer 3

A complete series of studies leading to attainment of a specific goal

Question 4

Curriculum

Answer 4

Set of course in an area of specialization offered by an educational institution

Question 5

Syllabus

Answer 5

Summary or outline of a course of study that generally contains a description of each lesson, including objectives and completion standards

Question 6

Training Course Outline (TCO)

Answer 6

Content of  particular course
Typically contain:
-Statement of objectives
-Description of teaching aids
-Description assessment criteria 
-Indications of desired outcomes

Question 7

Preparation of a Lesson

Answer 7

Determination of objectives and standards is necessary before any important instruction can be presented

Question 8

Contents of a Lesson Plan

Answer 8

• Objective
• Content
• Schedule
• Equipment
• Instructor’s Actions
• Student’s Actions
• Completion Standards

Question 9

Lesson Objectives

Answer 9

Performance Based

Decision Based

Question 10

Performance Based Objectives

Answer 10

• Description of the skill or behavior
• Conditions (rules of performance)
• Criteria (standard of success)

Question 11

Decision Based Objectives

Answer 11

Designed specifically to develop ADM

Often used within a scanario

Question 12

Preparation of a Lesson

Answer 12

-Unity
-Content
-Scope
-Practicality
-Relates to the course of training
-Contains 4 instructional steps (PPAR):
Preparation, Presentation Application, and Review

Question 13

Organization of Material: Introduction

Answer 13

AMO

• Attention: story, joke
• Motivation: Why its important
• Overview: clear objective

Question 14

Organization of Material: Development

Answer 14

• Past to present
• Simple to complex
• Known to unknown
• Most frequently used to less used

Question 15

Organization of Material: Conclusion

Answer 15

Retraces important elements of the lesson and relates them to the objectives

Question 16

Training Delivery Methods

Answer 16

LGECCDD

• Lecture
• Guided discussion
• E-Learning
• Computer assisted Learning
• Cooperative or Group Learning
• Demonstration/Performance method
• Drill and Practice

Question 17

Lecture Method

Answer 17

New Concepts
Summarizing new ides
Relationship between theory and practice
Reemphasizing main points

Question 18

Types of Lecture

Answer 18

IBFIT

• Illustrated talk
• Briefing
• Formal
• Informal
• Teaching Lecture

Question 19

Advantages of Lectures

Answer 19

• Convenient for large groups
• Supplement other teaching methods
• Instructor can present many ideas at one time
• Most economical

Question 20

Disadvantages of Lectures

Answer 20

• Not effective for learning large amount in short amount of time
• Does not allow instructor to estimate student understanding
• Cannot check student progress

Question 21

Training Delivery Methods: Preparing the Teaching Lecture

Answer 21

• Establish the objectives and desired outcomes
• Research the subject
• Organize your material
• Plan productive classroom activities

Question 22

Training Delivery Methods: Suitable Language

Answer 22

Use simple words
No vulgarism
Define any technical terms

Question 23

Training Delivery Methods: Types of Delivery

Answer 23

• Manuscripts
• Memory
• Extemporaneously from an outline
• Impromptu without preparation

Question 24

Training Delivery Methods: Use of Notes

Answer 24

• An instructor who is prepared can speak without notes
• Use notes to ensure accuracy
• Helps focus lectures
• Don’t hide the notes

Question 25

Training Delivery Methods: Guided Discussion Method

Answer 25

- Finds what student know through skillful use of questions - Introduction - Discussion - Conclusion

Question 26

Training Delivery Methods: Characteristics of an Effective Question

Answer 26

HICS RR - Has a specific purpose - Is clear in meaning - Contains a single idea - Stimulates thought - Requires definite answers - Relates to previously covered information

Question 27

Training Delivery Methods: Electronic (E-Learning)

Answer 27

Any type of education that involves an electronic component such as the internet, a network, a stand-alone computer, video conferencing, websites, flight simulators, or email in its delivery

Question 28

Advantages to E-Learning

Answer 28

- Time Flexible - Cost Competitive - Learner centered - Easily updated - Accessible everywhere

Question 29

Disadvantages to E-Learning

Answer 29

-The lack of peer interaction and personal feedback -Difficult for the instructor to control -Difficulty in finding good programs for certain subject ares -Expense of the equipment Instructor and students may lack experience with personal computers to take full advantage of the software

Question 30

Training Delivery Methods: Computer-Assisted Learning Method

Answer 30

PC-based; students can progress at a rate comfortable to them -Includes simulators, FTD, ATD

Question 31

Training Delivery Methods: Cooperative or Group Leaning Method

Answer 31

Organizes students into small group who can work together to maximize their own and each other's learning

Question 32

Benefits of group learning

Answer 32

- Higher test scores - Higher Self-esteem - Improved social skills - Greater comprehension of the subject they are studying

Question 33

Training Delivery Methods: Demonstration-Performance Method

Answer 33

- Explanation - Demonstration - Student performs - Supervision - Evaluation

Question 34

Importan Points about demostration- Performance method

Answer 34

- Student performance is application of instructor presentation - Student may be asked to explain newly learn material - Student may be asked to perform a newly learned maneuver - Student performance can be interrupted by the instructor to correct errors. - Early correction are vital - Bad habits are hard to break

Question 35

Training Delivery Methods: Drill and Practice Method

Answer 35

Promotes learning through repetition

Question 36

Problem-based learning

Answer 36

Real life problems which force the student to reach real world solution -Key to the ACS

Question 37

Types of Problem based Learning

Answer 37

- Scenario Based - Collaborative Problem Solving - Case Study

Question 38

Problem-Based Learning: Characteristics of a good scenario

Answer 38

IWDSS - Is not a test - Will not have one. right answer - Does not offer an obvious answer - Should not promote errors - Should promote situational awareness and opportunities for decision making

Question 39

Instructional Aids and Training Technologies

Answer 39

- Instructional aids supports, supplement, and reinforce what is being taught - Good instructional aids can help solve language barrier issues

Question 40

Instructional Aids and Training Technologies: Guidelines for effective instructional aids

Answer 40

CGOS - Clearly established the lesson objective - Gather necessary data by researching the support material - Organize the material into an outline or a lesson plan - Select the ideas to be supported with instructional aids

Question 41

When are aids needed

Answer 41

- Long segments of technical description - Complex points difficult to put in towards - When instructors are forming visual images - When students are puzzled by a verbal description

Question 42

Instructional Aids and Training Technologies: Types of Instructional Aids

Answer 42

- White board - Supplemental print material - Videos

Question 43

Higher Order of Thinking Skills (HOTS)

Answer 43

-Set up problem -Determine outcomes solves problem -Reflect on problem solving process -consider additional solutions -Reevalutae solution with additional options -Reflect on this solution -Consider the best solution