CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 2 - 2

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Contents
5 Tips for Dynamite Demonstrations
by DAVE HENSLEy

Safety Quiz: Thunderstorm Avoidance
ASI Online: Accident Case Study—
Time Lapse by mAcHtELD SmItH
CFI Tips: Measure With the Right Ruler
by ROD mAcHADO

ASI Message: Stuff Your CFII May Not Have Told You
by bRUcE LANDSbERG

Did You Know? 2013 Flight Training Excellence Awards
Safety Seminar: Chart Challenge—Live
& Flying for a Lifetime by AOPA StAFF
Safety Spotlight: See For Yourself
by DAVID jAck kENNy

Real Pilot Story: Bird Strike
by mAcHtELD SmItH

CFI Tools: Boost Your Business
Chief’s Corner: eFIRC
by kRIStINE HARtzELL

Ask ATC: Practice Approach
ASI Note: Storm Week

greetings! honing your crAft
in CFI to CFI , Volume 4,
iSSue 1, i diScuSSed A growing trend towArd “flipped
leArning,” which, in
SummAry, improVeS the
leArning proceSS by encourAging StudentS
to diScoVer content outsIde the clASSroom
(e.g., by tAking Air SAfety inStitute online
courSeS) in exchAnge for uSing clASS time for
diScuSSion, problem SolVing, And collAborAting with other StudentS on projectS.
While flipping the classroom has redefined the role of the
student in the learning process, it’s not clear in today’s
academia the impact it has on the teacher—or in our case,
the instructor. In fact, there’s a common misconception
that flipping the classroom gives students more control
of the content and benefits them only, while reducing
the teachers' role to mere facilitators as they are virtually
removed from the learning process. While the former may
be true to a certain extent, the latter isn’t.
Traditionally speaking, teachers may spend the majority
of their profession giving classroom instruction while
secondarily tutoring, coaching, and mentoring students;

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in the flipped classroom, the latter are used as primary
teaching methods. This certainly benefits students in the
learning process, but we shouldn’t overlook the fact that
teachers and instructors are gaining new ground as well.
How? Instead of offering a one-style-fits-all approach
to instructing that tends to overlook individual student
needs and preferences, flipping the classroom gives us
ample opportunities to discover each student’s pace of
learning, their personalities, and areas where they’re
likely to struggle or succeed—allowing us to tailor our
instructing to each student while building stronger,
more meaningful student-teacher relationships—a synergistic approach that heightens students’ motivation to
learn while sharpening our abilities to teach.
In Chief ’s Corner, ASI Chief Flight Instructor Kristine
Hartzell introduces our new online Flight Instructor Refresher Clinic—a great way to learn more about honing
your craft as an instructor.

Paul Deres
Director of Education, Air Safety Institute

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