Tune And Identify

Im a 63-year-old pilot completing my IFR training and obtaining a high-performance endorsement for a 182. Virtually all of my training has been with a large flight school in South Florida (name withheld to protect the guilty).In my regular life Im a senior faculty member for a respected trade association. After about 30 years as an educator, Ive learned that a successful learning outcome happens when the teacher is addressing the unique learning styles of each individual student. All of my students are adults with varying skill and education levels. If I teach in a manner that I think is the right way, but fail to connect with the individual student, Ive failed as an instructor.

Key Takeaways:

• Effective instructors must adapt their teaching methods to individual student learning styles, much like tuning a navaid, to ensure successful learning outcomes for all adult students.
• The author criticizes "teaching by assumption" where instructors presume student knowledge, advocating instead for supportive querying and multi-modal demonstrations (visual, graphical, practical).
• Successful learning requires instructors to utilize diverse approaches (seeing, listening, doing) to connect with every student, rather than rigidly adhering to a single teaching style.
• Ultimately, the responsibility for learning lies with the teacher; if a student has not learned, the teacher has not effectively taught.

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