Wednesday 12 December 2018

Can you please help me?

When was the last time you paid someone to teach you something?  Perhaps it was a while ago?  For me, it was last night. I am paying for private chess lessons.  If it has been a while for you, I really will encourage you to organise it.  It is crucial that you appreciate as a driving instructor, what a learner pupil expects and experiences in a learning environment.  

One example of what they experience is the feeling one gets with an obstacle to learning.  No matter how one tries, the desired outcome is just not happening.  The cause might be an unrealistic goal, or perhaps an ill-thought-out measure of progress.  It may be relating to physical or mental dexterity.  Generally speaking, when a pupil is aware of the expectation, is given time and a comfortable learning environment, then good things do naturally evolve.  But it is not a given.  There can be internally generated problems that are restricting performance as well as external influencers.  

What pupils do require from us at times as driving instructors is some clarity and guidance as to why things are occurring in the way they are.  

If you are paying someone to learn something at the moment, you will very likely know what I'm talking about; you will be able to 'connect' with the message.  If you are not though, you may read the above and not appreciate the point.  Time to be bold and brave.  Get rid of your self-complacency and start realising that to serve your pupils with good quality, valued driving instruction, you do need to be aware of how it feels to learn something.
Put your hand in your pocket, PAY someone to impart knowledge, skills, training, advice.  

Do it, actually book it up today, and I guarantee you will be thanking me in a short while.

2 comments:

  1. The thing is, to keep driving and all things will become second nature to you. You did not learn how to walk and keep your balance, all in one try. It is the same for any new thing that you learn.

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