Instructor Effectiveness

Robert M. Gary wrote:
On Sep 12, 3:31 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:

It's important to note that not cursing at a student is not to be
misconstrued into meaning that an instructor is being "too nice".
The way this issue has been presented by the original poster would infer
that through the use of his description countering his argument in favor
of his personal method. Instructors NOT cursing at students are
absolutely NOT being "too nice" by NOT cursing at students! This premise
if assumed is false.

I've also had instructors and examiners who would hit you on the hand
or shoulder when they didn't like something you were doing. Aside from
rubbing close shoulders there is no reason to touch your students in
the cockpit.

-Robert, CFII

I agree. My preferred method is to gauge the way I project with a
student based on my read on that specific student's ability to receive
what I'm projecting and the tone with which I'm projecting it.
This method of controlling "tone" is very important in the teaching
cockpit, as the "classroom" is moving and all instruction is being given
while this dynamic environment is on going.
It's fine to upscale the tone of a verbal exchange with a student to
stress necessity and/or a time constraint, but this raising of the
"tone" by the instructor should never in my opinion cross the line that
separates the need for action from abuse. Shouting and/or cursing at a
student in the cockpit in my opinion adds to the student's stress level
and degrades their performance.
What I'm stressing here is that not cursing at a student goes MUCH
further than the respect issue. It's actually a quality of instruction
issue and as such I place it high on the list of things that instructors
should learn to do correctly.

--
Dudley Henriques