Learning and teaching others how to learn
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 1:20 pm
Hello,
I am interested in your thoughts and experiences related to the process of learning how to drive better. Firstly, in my opinion, understanding the learning process helps you learn more effectively. Secondly, my trainees ask me sometimes how long will they need to practice a skill before they “have learnt it”, or what it takes to acquire a given skill. I am sure the questions below are something that many people on this forum have asked themselves or have been asked by their trainees. Can you share your thoughts?
1. Does the “unconscious incompetence / conscious incompetence / conscious competence / unconscious competence” model work for you? Have you used it for yourself? Have you used it to explain the learning process to your trainees?
2. Have you used other learning process models/schemes than the one above? What are they?
3. In your opinion, how many repetitions, or how much time, or how many kilometres of driving does one need to acquire a new complex skill? This new skill might be a new steering or gearchange technique, the ability to control a given type of skid, the ability to correctly observe the road in certain situation, etc.? Do you have any personal experiences with this?
4. What do you think does it take to make you master a given skill, apart from understanding it deeply and repetition? Would you agree that teaching other people helps?
5. Any useful tips for effective learning that you can suggest? Things that have helped you along the way?
6. Is there any particular order in which one should acquire advanced driving skills?
7. This question is about drivers who are already good at all basic things, such as observation, anticipation, knowledge or car handling, and who need a new learning stimulus. Do you think it makes sense to teach them car handling techniques which have no use in real-world driving, such as skids, left foot braking, J-turns, controlled 360-degree spins, etc. ? I have an impression that it works for me personally but I struggle to define how or why it works. Maybe it is just adding the fun factor? Or is it something more? What do you think?
8. Are there any particularly useful books or internet sources on the learning/training process that you could suggest?
If you have any thoughts on at least some of the points above, they would be much appreciated. Thank you.
I am interested in your thoughts and experiences related to the process of learning how to drive better. Firstly, in my opinion, understanding the learning process helps you learn more effectively. Secondly, my trainees ask me sometimes how long will they need to practice a skill before they “have learnt it”, or what it takes to acquire a given skill. I am sure the questions below are something that many people on this forum have asked themselves or have been asked by their trainees. Can you share your thoughts?
1. Does the “unconscious incompetence / conscious incompetence / conscious competence / unconscious competence” model work for you? Have you used it for yourself? Have you used it to explain the learning process to your trainees?
2. Have you used other learning process models/schemes than the one above? What are they?
3. In your opinion, how many repetitions, or how much time, or how many kilometres of driving does one need to acquire a new complex skill? This new skill might be a new steering or gearchange technique, the ability to control a given type of skid, the ability to correctly observe the road in certain situation, etc.? Do you have any personal experiences with this?
4. What do you think does it take to make you master a given skill, apart from understanding it deeply and repetition? Would you agree that teaching other people helps?
5. Any useful tips for effective learning that you can suggest? Things that have helped you along the way?
6. Is there any particular order in which one should acquire advanced driving skills?
7. This question is about drivers who are already good at all basic things, such as observation, anticipation, knowledge or car handling, and who need a new learning stimulus. Do you think it makes sense to teach them car handling techniques which have no use in real-world driving, such as skids, left foot braking, J-turns, controlled 360-degree spins, etc. ? I have an impression that it works for me personally but I struggle to define how or why it works. Maybe it is just adding the fun factor? Or is it something more? What do you think?
8. Are there any particularly useful books or internet sources on the learning/training process that you could suggest?
If you have any thoughts on at least some of the points above, they would be much appreciated. Thank you.