So the last day is over. and Id say it went well. The class all did well on their review test and we even got some time to watch a Mayday video on ice and rain.
I found that after three days the guys started to open up to me a bit, and I stated to notice who were the leader, followers, and who were the slackers.
I did notice that the more I joked around with them, and the more I developed a relationship with them the more the class started to get away from me a bit.
By the last day I had to raise my voice a bot to get them to calm down and stay focused on the task at hand. I think there was a good lesson there: its important to maintain the line between buddy and authority figure, otherwise things can get out of control pretty quickly.
I enjoyed the teaching experience, and look forward to doing it again, I tried to use many different techniques to engage the students, and the most effective was the t old fashioned singling out the students and ask them questions, get them involved! I found this worked very well with the ones that were reluctant to answer questions on their own, or were getting pushed aside. I tried to make it easy and encourage the students that look like they were a bit lost to answer questions. Evert time I did that they seemed to get a bit more confidence. When I saw someone lost in their I phone I would ask them a question. This kept most of them on their toes.
I did notice that all the time I spent with them on reading schematics seemed to pay off when they got the hang of it and they started to see the value of reading them in relation to specific tasks on the plane. I Guess its true, adults(even young ones) need to know why they have to learn something and its neat to see that.
Something interesting did happen at the end of the last day. The class had ended and as they were all leaving they all gave me a round of applause and some shook my hand and thank me for my efforts. It was something that caught me off guard, guess I was not expecting it all, but it was really nice to have happen.
I found that after three days the guys started to open up to me a bit, and I stated to notice who were the leader, followers, and who were the slackers.
I did notice that the more I joked around with them, and the more I developed a relationship with them the more the class started to get away from me a bit.
By the last day I had to raise my voice a bot to get them to calm down and stay focused on the task at hand. I think there was a good lesson there: its important to maintain the line between buddy and authority figure, otherwise things can get out of control pretty quickly.
I enjoyed the teaching experience, and look forward to doing it again, I tried to use many different techniques to engage the students, and the most effective was the t old fashioned singling out the students and ask them questions, get them involved! I found this worked very well with the ones that were reluctant to answer questions on their own, or were getting pushed aside. I tried to make it easy and encourage the students that look like they were a bit lost to answer questions. Evert time I did that they seemed to get a bit more confidence. When I saw someone lost in their I phone I would ask them a question. This kept most of them on their toes.
I did notice that all the time I spent with them on reading schematics seemed to pay off when they got the hang of it and they started to see the value of reading them in relation to specific tasks on the plane. I Guess its true, adults(even young ones) need to know why they have to learn something and its neat to see that.
Something interesting did happen at the end of the last day. The class had ended and as they were all leaving they all gave me a round of applause and some shook my hand and thank me for my efforts. It was something that caught me off guard, guess I was not expecting it all, but it was really nice to have happen.