Day 1 CFI Academy

Does CFI use the ACS or the PTS now?

ACS—only CFII is still PTS

The CFI checkride MUST cover

FOI-E instructor responsibilities and professionalism

Technical B and M — runway incursion and avoidance + logbook entries and endorsements

Is everything from the ACS fair game on your CFI checkride?

Of course

How do you acquire knowledge (acronym) ?

Rote memorization
Understanding—purpose of V speeds
Application—applying V speeds
Correlation — understanding V speeds for other planes/comparing them

What is learning

A change in behavior as result of acquisition of knowledge

human behavior is a product of

human nature, individual experience and environment

What leads to successful instruction

understanding human behavior

What is human behavior (acronym)

Attempt to… explain why we act the way we do

Satisfy human needs

Instruction is enhanced by understanding human nature

Product of both our innate human nature, individual experience, and environment

human behavior is a product of what 3 things

innate human nature, individual experience, and environment

What contributes to the instructor/student relationship?

teaching style + learning style

define human needs

all things required for normal growth and development—satisfied in order

List Maslow’s Hierarchy in order (acronym)

PS3ECAS

Physical needs

Safety + security

Social Belonging

Self Esteem (Egoistic) — internal/external, feeling respected

Cognitive and aesthetic — need to understand what’s going on around them and why

Self-actualization— pinnacle of motivation, desire to fufil your highest purpose, altruism

explain maslow social belonging in aviation context

students are out of their normal surroundings in flight training, so a need for social belonging is more pronounced

explain 2 types of self esteem maslow

internal (self esteem)

external (reputation)

Instructors need to appeal to what in order to reinforce motivation? (maslow)

top 2 levels—cognitive and aesthetic (what and why), and self-actualization

Give an example of self-actualization

“I was born to do this”

Define motivation

The reason one acts or behaves in a certain way

a ____ is the object of a person’s effort

goal

what is the object of a person’s effort

a goal

When a student plateaus, you should do what two things

1) figure out what is motivating them

2) appeal to top two levels of malsow’s hierarchy (cognitive + fulfillment)

List defense mechanisms

fight or flight response…. DRDR FCPR

Denial
Repression
Displacement
Rationalization (ex. too crosswindy for good landings)

Fantasy
Compensation
Projection
Reaction formation—fake a belief opposite of your actual belei

Why do defense mechanisms happen

fight or flight response, self-protective

2 student emotional reactions

anxiety and stress

What is the most common psychological actor affecting flight instruction

anxiety

define anxiety

feeling of worry, nervousness, unease, typically about something that is going to happen

anxiety vs stress

anxiety is unease about future, stress is during

normal reaction to stress

rapid response within limits of training