Title: Unit 16: Teaching Theory and Instructional Techniques
1Unit 16 Teaching Theory and Instructional
Techniques
- Learning and Teaching
- Water Class Management
- Lesson Planning
2Student PerformanceBy the end of the lesson you
will be able to
- Explain the learning and teaching process.
- Explain testing, evaluation, and achievement.
- List and define the Laws of Learning.
- Describe the factors that enhance learning.
- Describe methods for effective oral
communications. - Describe training aids and tell how they can
enhance communication. - Explain how to teach swimming and diving in
confined and open water. - Prepare lesson plans for classroom, confined, and
open water.
3Learning and Teaching
- Learning
- A measurable change in an individuals behavior
or attitude. - A change in behavior based on experience.
- Blooms taxonomy
- Identifies three overlapping domains important in
the learning process - Knowledge
- Attitude
- Skills
4Blooms taxonomy
5Blooms taxonomy
6Blooms taxonomy
7Learning and Teaching (continued)
- Teaching
- Purposeful activities that aid an individuals
learning. - Testing and evaluation
- Foster effective learning and achievement.
- Class focus
- The student is the most important person in any
class.
8Learning and Teaching (continued)
- The laws of learning
- Readiness students will learn best when
physically and mentally ready. - Intensity increased sensory input increases
learning. - Primacy first learned is best remembered.
- Exercise skills are only truly learned through
participation and practice. - Effect Students learn best when they perceive
the material as real and useful. - Recency that which is most recently learned is
more easily recalled.
9Learning and Teaching (continued)
- Factors that enhance learning
- Oral communication
- Preparing to communicate
- Getting started
- Using the tools of the trade
- voice, eyes, hands and body
10Learning and Teaching (continued)
- Training aids
- Reinforce a point
- Increase the intensity of the experience
- Use it and then put it away
11Learning and Teaching (continued)
- Empathy
- Goals and motivation
- Reinforcement
- Pacing
12Learning and Teaching (continued)
- Continuity
- Relaxation and performance
- Physical awareness and sensitivity
- Physical surroundings
- Anxiety and fear
13Water Class Management
- Surface teaching
- Safety and communication
- Class positioning is important to the learning
process - Line-up
- Semicircular
- Instructor centered
14Water Class Management (continued)
- Evaluating and teaching swimming skills
- Crawl stroke
- Breaststroke
- Elementary backstroke
- Sidestroke
15Crawl Stroke
16Breaststroke
17Elementary Backstroke
18Sidestroke
19Water Class Management (continued)
- Underwater teaching
- Positioning is important for safety and control
- Follow me
- Call down
- Class first, instructor following
- Instructor first, watching class
- Instructor and buddy pairs in turn
20Water Class Management (continued)
- Progression
- Exercises
- Skill demonstration
- Using demonstrations well
- I hear, I forget I see, I remember I do, I
understand.
21Water Class Management (continued)
- Demonstration quality skills
- Camaraderie and competition
- Imaging and self-concept
- Intrapersonal communication
22Lesson planning Failing to plan is planning to
fail.
- Benefits of Lesson Planning
- Modern Lesson Planning
- The acronym TOM I PASTA
23Lesson planning (continued)
- Lesson planning from scratch
- Establishing objectives
- If youre not sure where youre going, youre
liable to end up someplace else. - Components of a learning objective
- Performance
- Conditions
- Standard
24Lesson planning (continued)
- Classroom
- Preliminary steps of lesson preparation
- Subordinate steps
- prepare the introduction
- prepare the summary
- prepare the lesson evaluation
- prepare the lesson plan
- TOM I. PASTA mnemonic
- rehearse the lesson
- prepare the teaching notes
25Lesson planning (continued)
- Confined water
- Briefing (introductions, session overview,
facility orientationhazards and restrictions,
safety equipment, communications, etc. Detailed
briefing outlines are included in NAUI instructor
guides.) - Skill review exercises
- New skills
- Activities
- Debriefing
26Lesson planning (continued)
- Steps of confined water lesson preparation
- Identify the skill and any sub-components.
- Determine objectives (performance, condition,
standard). - Select the teaching method.
- Determine the time frame for the lesson.
- Determine the skill progression and the exercises
needed to reach the objectives. - Determine training aids and assistants needed.
- Prepare an introduction and summary, if
appropriate. - Prepare the training aids.
- Rehearse the skills to be demonstrated.
- Prepare teaching notes/slates.
27Lesson planning (continued)
- Open water training
- Briefing (introductions, session overview,
facility orientationhazards and restrictions,
safety equipment, communications, etc.) - Skill review exercises
- Skill performance
- Skill evaluations
- Application of skills
- Debriefing
28Lesson planning (continued)
- Steps of open water session preparation
- Identify the dive location and an alternate
check weather and environment, print maps and
directions. - Verify information for briefing hazards,
communications, and emergency procedures. - Prepare schedule of activities.
- Determine staffing and equipment needs.
- Prepare briefing notes.
- Inventory and check equipment personal, backup,
and emergency. - Prepare emergency action plan.
- Prepare debriefing notes.
29End of Unit 16 Teaching Theory and Instructional
Techniques
- Learning And Teaching
- Water Class Management
- Lesson Planning
30Student PerformanceBy the end of the lesson you
will be able to
- Explain testing, evaluation, and achievement.
- List and define the Laws of Learning.
- Describe the factors that enhance learning.
- Demonstrate effective oral communications.
- Describe training aids and tell how they can
enhance communication. - Explain the learning and teaching process.
- Teach swimming and diving in confined and open
water. - Lesson plan for classroom, confined, and open
water.
31Student PerformanceBy the end of the lesson you
will be able to
- Explain the learning and teaching process.
- Explain testing, evaluation, and achievement.
- List and define the Laws of Learning.
- Describe the factors that enhance learning.
- Describe methods for effective oral
communications. - Describe training aids and tell how they can
enhance communication. - Explain how to teach swimming and diving in
confined and open water. - Prepare lesson plans for classroom, confined, and
open water.