Once you accept the fact that your day to day work as a driving instructor involves the art of learning then quite naturally you will start to view the service you provide to your customers in a different mindset. You will think beyond the skill of driving and consider how best to develop effective learning in your pupils.
There is a great deal more to "teaching" the skill of driving than being a good driver yourself. Having empathy for what is involved in the process of learning is essential. If you truly know what your pupils are going through, you will be more able to provide a service that satisfies their needs.
Psychologists R.J. Sternberg, E.L. Grigorenko and L. Zhang make the point in a publication "one cannot apply what one knows in a practical manner if one does not know anything to apply". As instructors, we would do well to consider this regarding our personal development and also concerning our pupils' welfare. There needs to be a base knowledge for which one can improve.
If you flood your pupil's mind with a bombardment of factual information, it has the consequence of evaporating any chance of long-term learning because of their over-loaded working memory. If you are not personally aware of this fact, then be under no illusion, it makes for a thoroughly miserable learning experience.
Get in touch with us at BIG TOM to choose a path of effective, enjoyable learning practices rather than frustrating driving lessons. Tel: 0800 689 4174
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