UTD Scuba Diving Podcast

UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #91 – Jeff Carcast – Teaching Teaching, Not Teaching the Thing

Jun 27, 2024

Experienced scuba instructor trainer, Jeff Carcast, discusses the importance of teaching teaching in scuba education, emphasizing behavior change and knowledge retention. He highlights creating common ground with students and using levels of learning to enhance teaching. Critical skills training for real-world scenarios is also emphasized.

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Jeff Carcast

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UTD values teaching teaching over simply teaching scuba to emphasize effective education.

Retention is key in scuba education, focusing on behavioral changes through proper knowledge retention.

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Importance of Education in Scuba Diving

Education is emphasized as the core of scuba diving at UTD. The company prioritizes being an educational institution that teaches scuba, rather than a scuba center offering education. The focus on teaching teaching is highlighted, explaining that being an educator first is crucial in scuba diving training programs.

Exploring the Importance of Teaching Teaching in Scuba Diving Education

18min

Enhancing Teaching Through Common Ground and Levels of Learning

13min

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There is much to unpack around how we run out instructor development program, how we train our instructor trainers, and how all that benefits the Unified Team Diving students and coaching clients.

Back in the car, Jeff takes a look at the mechanics of teaching teaching – education as a change in behavior, that change being worthless without retention, how we use levels of learning, and how we create common ground with our students. Grateful to Socrates for allowing us to take his principles and maneuver them into our program to teach scuba instructors how to properly teach scuba.

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