PLANNED SHOP INSTRUCTION
PLANNED SHOP INSTRUCTION
One of the most common beliefs (misbeliefs) in regard to teaching is that anyone who is skilled in a particular trade can readily impart his knowledge and techniques to others. Understanding the job is just one part of instruction. Equally important is understanding the way in which people learn. Even those who have worked in responsible positions and experts hold the view that content and skill are only required, and methodology or techniques of learning process are superfluous. But almost all teachers, are concerned and anxious to aid the learner in every possible way. An .enthusiastic new instructor may do everything in the beginning in an attempt to be of utmost assistance to the learner. The rude awakening comes when the instructor discovers how very little the learner has gained from such a procedure. All of us are sure of one thing, that long ago, effective instructors discovered that an instructor cannot teach a student anything, the trainee must learn for himself. Teaching thus becomes helping others to learn. Teaching is an old art. A teacher is a change agent. His work must be evaluated in terms of changes that he induces in the trainee. Some of these changes are at titnes, difficult or impossible to measure, as part of them involve reactions which both the trainee and the trainer may fail to recognise or appreciate at that time. Fortunately there are many other changes which an instructor can measure with considerable accuracy, and towards which he should plan and direct his every effort. In any vocational training programme these measurable changes are part of the knowledge, skills and attitudes that fit the trainee, wholly or in part, for a definite vocation. The problem that the vocational instructor faces is to plan his activity toward the end that the learner will be actively engaged in a series of essential learning experiences.
Importance of Planning:
1. It ensures the covering of the essential skills and procedures.
2. It permits scheduling of work in time units and in sequential order.
3. It establishes definite goals for both trainee and trainer.
4. It provides desirable learning experiences.
5. It helps to avoid unnecessary repetition.
6. It helps to avoid problems of group indiscipline.
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