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  • Chapter 5: The Teaching Process › Course of Training

    Course of Training In education, a course of training is a complete series of studies leading to attainment of a specific goal. The goal might be a certificate of completion, graduation, or an academic degree. For example, a learner pilot ... private pilot certificate course, and upon completion of all course requirements, be awarded a graduation certificate. A course of training also may be limited to something like the additional training required for operating high-performance airplanes. Other terms closely associated…

  • Chapter 7: Planning Instructional Activity › Course of Training

    Course of Training Whatever the method of teaching, the key to developing well-planned and organized aviation instruction includes using lesson plans and a training syllabus that meet all regulatory certification requirements. Much of the basic planning necessary ... Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) parts 61 and 65, approved school syllabi, and the various texts, manuals, and training courses available. As discussed in Chapter 5, The Teaching Process, a course of training is a series of studies leading…

  • Chapter 7: Planning Instructional Activity › Training Syllabus › How to Use a Training Syllabus

    This exercise also builds the skills necessary for the learner to master approaches and normal landings. Each approved training course provided by a certificated aviation school should be conducted in accordance with a training syllabus specifically approved ... certificated schools, the syllabus is a key part of the training course outline. The instructional facilities, airport, aircraft, and instructor personnel support the course of training specified in the syllabus. Compliance with the appropriate, approved syllabus is a condition…

  • Chapter 1: Introduction To Flying › Selecting a Flight School

    school must meet stringent requirements for personnel, equipment, maintenance, facilities, and must teach an established curriculum, which includes a training course outline (TCO) approved by the FAA. The certificated schools may qualify for a ground school rating and a flight ... Pilot School Search database located at http://av-info.faa.gov/PilotSchool. asp, lists certificated ground and flight schools and the pilot training courses each school offers. Enrollment in a 14 CFR part 141 flight school ensures quality, continuity, and offers a structured…

  • Chapter 5: The Teaching Process › Preparation of a Lesson › Training Objectives and Standards

    overt behavior in the affective domain (attitudes, beliefs, and values) is more difficult. The overall objective of an aviation training course is usually well established, and the general standards are included in various rules and related publications. For example, eligibility ... critical job tasks. Certification tests do not represent an entire training syllabus. A broad, overall objective of any pilot training course is to qualify the learner to be a competent, efficient, safe pilot for the operation of specific aircraft types…

  • Chapter 7: Planning Instructional Activity › Lesson Plans › Characteristics of a Well-Planned Lesson

    example, the outline of content may include blank spaces for add-on material, if required. Relation to course of training—each lesson should be planned and taught so that its relation to the course objectives is clear to each learner ... short-field takeoffs and landings should be related to both the certification and safety objectives of the course of training. Instructional steps—every lesson, when adequately developed, falls logically into the four steps of the teaching process: preparation, presentation, application…