1.2 OBJECTIVE
An objective can be defined as the destination of a specified amount of activity. When defined in terms of what the students are able to do on completion of instruction, an objective enables the Instructor to evaluate progress. When the objective is communicated to students they, too, can determine their progress.
1.2.1 Obtaining the objective
An Instructor needs the correct methods and techniques in the teaching process to attain the objective. The methods an Instructor should be familiar with are based on many areas of knowledge including
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Theory of learning

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Human behaviour

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Effective communication

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Specific techniques, which have worked well for others

The following paragraphs describe the above.

1.3 THEORY OF LEARNING
The ability to learn is an extraordinary human characteristic. Learning occurs continuously throughout a person's lifetime and as a result of each learning experience an individual's way of perceiving, thinking, feeling, and doing may change. Thus, learning can be defined as a change in behavior as a result of experience.
1.3.1 Learning characteristics
Students will learn from any activity that tends to enhance their own purposes. Each student is an individual, with a unique composition of background, goals, ambitions, and motivations. Every student has a different reason for learning something and each anticipates different end results. The effective instructor is the one who finds ways to relate the instruction to the particular needs of the student. If a student is just sliding by, chances are that no connection has been made between the purpose of the subject matter and the student's desires.
Learning comes through experience; it is the result of an individual's experiences. It cannot be forced by someone else. Knowledge is a result of experience, and no two people have the same experience, even when watching the same event. Individuals learn from an experience according to the way it affects their individual needs and the way past experience has conditioned them. The degree of learning resulting from an experience depends, to a great extent, on the depth of the experience. Most people, for example,' have difficulty memorizing lists of words. However, an idea, or concept which strikes a person as being useful will be easily assimilated. An experience which challenges and involves the student's thoughts, feelings, past experiences, and physical activity is far more effective than one which requires only that the student memorize statistics. With this in mind, the instructor must show the student the relationships between various subject areas and personal safety or enjoyment during flight.