LESSON PLANS

Capt. Dimitrios Sipsas, as an EASA Examiner (TRE), wrote an article concerning: “Purpose of the Lesson Plans Utilized By the Instructors” on CAT (Civil Aviation Training) Magazine on June 2019.

Lesson Plans are designed to assure that each trainee receives the best possible instruction under the existing conditions.

Lesson plans help instructors keep a constant check on their own activity, as well as that of their trainees. The development of lesson plans by instructors signifies, in effect, that they have taught the lessons to themselves prior to attempting to teach the lessons to trainees.

An adequate lesson plan, when properly used, should:

• Assure a wise selection of material and the elimination of unimportant details.Make certain that due consideration is given to each part of the lesson.
• Aid the instructor in presenting the material in a suitable sequence for efficient learning.
• Provide an outline of the teaching procedure to be used.
• Serve as a means of relating the lesson to the objectives of the course of training.
• Give the inexperienced instructor confidence.
• Promote uniformity of instruction regardless of the instructor or the date on which the lesson is given.

The following are some of the important characteristics that should be reflected in all well – planned lessons:

• Unity – Each lesson should be a unified segment of instruction.
• Content – Each lesson should contain new material.
• Scope – Each lesson should be reasonable in scope.
• Practicality – Each lesson should be planned in terms of the conditions under which the training is to be conducted. Lesson plans conducted in an airplane or in the simulator (FFS) will differ from those conducted in a classroom.
• Flexibility – Although the lesson plan provides an outline and sequence for the training to be conducted, a degree of flexibilitys hould be incorporated.
• Relation to Course of Training – Each lesson should be planned and taught so that its relation to the course objectives are clear to each trainee.
• Instructional Steps – Each lesson, when adequately developed, falls logically into the four(4) steps of the teaching process:
  Preparation, Presentation, Application, Review and Evaluation.

  After a lesson plan has been prepared for a training period, a continuous revision may be necessary. The instructor should study each step of the lesson plan and should be thoroughly familiar with as much information related to the subject as possible.

  So after all the above, all instructors should recognize that, lesson plans are very important for Ground and Flight Training.