Inspire Instructor Training Podcast Become The Learner
Jun 20, 2025
Shift your perspective by adopting a learner's mindset to sharpen your teaching skills. Discover practical strategies to ease driving anxiety, like mindfulness techniques and rephrasing fears. Explore the dynamic relationship between instructors and students, advocating for empathy in teaching. Engage in continuous professional development to expand your toolkit of instructional methods. Learn to embrace mistakes as valuable learning opportunities while creating a supportive atmosphere for independent learners.
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Value of Being a Learner
- Putting yourself in a learner's role reveals key teaching traits to adopt or discard.
- Experiencing instruction helps instructors empathize and refine their own training style.
Struggling to Explain Familiar Skills
- Phil experienced difficulty describing a deadlift step-by-step despite knowing it well.
- This illuminated the challenge learners face in articulating processes they perform naturally.
On-the-Move vs Pullover Corrections
- Correct driving faults on the move if safe and the learner can process the feedback.
- Pull over to discuss if the situation is complex or the learner is distracted to enable focused learning.