Eighth Update
Ryan S -
Hello everyone!
This week I focused on coming up with a final conclusion/product for my project. Looking at multiple variables and potential paths to go down, I chose to investigate and edit the coarse syllabus for student pilots. The other option I had was to work with my site advisor to try to standardize instruction, improving teaching techniques used. This however was not possible, due to the inability to standardize teaching overall; instructors have to adapt to each student when instructing since each student learns differently, therefore meaning that standardizing instruction is not possible.
What was possible, however, was altering the syllabus. The existing syllabus lacked depth to the lesson content, preventing the student from understanding what was going to be taught in the lesson ahead of time. If the student was aware of the lesson contents before the lesson, the student would be able to study the material covered and then go over the material in the lesson to increase information retention, instead of spending most of the lesson learning the material to begin with. This process would improve the ground lesson experience for the student and the instructor, as the student can review information at home using their own studying method as well as discuss the material with their instructor.
Since this process is a work in progress, I was not able to finish it this week, however in the following weeks it should be all done!