A Question of Engagement

Track: Instructor Development Conference

Session Number: 10
Date: Sat, Sep 29th, 2018
Time: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Description:

This course will provide the fire service instructor and opportunity to learn the skills and techniques to conduct a classroom session using a questions-based approach to teaching. From the Socratic method of teaching to the modern tactical environment the path is clear, getting students emotionally engaged in the learning process produces results. Modern adult learners do not respond well to the lecture-based approach used in many fire service organizations. Dynamic teaching involves challenging the student to present ideas, support those ideas, and to critically assess their ideas and the ideas of others to create a clear understanding and mental model of the message the instructor is delivering. .
Session Type: Educational Session

Learning Objectives: The Learning Objectives include:
Understand how students use mental modeling and Recognition-Primed Decision-Making when responding to a given situation.
• Techniques of learning apply to all environments from tactical to Human Resource related situational learning.
• Gives a basis to approach the student’s mindset and provides a framework from which to operate.
• Provides a common vision of the topic under consideration
Create and understanding of the Questions-Based approach to teaching.
Why a question-based approach works.
• How to design and build a lesson.
• How, when, where, why, and who to ask questions?
Types of questions, strategies, and tactics.
• Leading and following questions.
• Closed and open questions.
• Pitfalls, pratfalls, and avoiding confusion.
Creating a team environment.
• The purpose of a wingman approach and how to wing.
• Feedback from and too the student
• Handling the outlier, critic, and know-it-all.
Session Type: Educational Session

Learning Objectives: The Learning Objectives include:
Understand how students use mental modeling and Recognition-Primed Decision-Making when responding to a given situation.
• Techniques of learning apply to all environments from tactical to Human Resource related situational learning.
• Gives a basis to approach the student’s mindset and provides a framework from which to operate.
• Provides a common vision of the topic under consideration
Create and understanding of the Questions-Based approach to teaching.
Why a question-based approach works.
• How to design and build a lesson.
• How, when, where, why, and who to ask questions?
Types of questions, strategies, and tactics.
• Leading and following questions.
• Closed and open questions.
• Pitfalls, pratfalls, and avoiding confusion.
Creating a team environment.
• The purpose of a wingman approach and how to wing.
• Feedback from and too the student
• Handling the outlier, critic, and know-it-all.