Achieving Our Teaching Objectives
Effective teaching requires clearly defined, observable, and testable learning objectives focused on lasting behavioral change.
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Training with SDI
What I found interesting about this training was the core focus on leadership and demonstrating dive skills at a high quality.
Protecting the environment
Increasingly, the younger diver generation is focusing on the environmental and conservation aspects of diving.
Mastery Matters
A Divemaster is kind of like being a bus driver, a tour guide, a best friend, a nurse, and a magician – all at once.
Immerse Yourself
Once we master skills like buoyancy control and breathing, we begin to develop greater awareness of what’s happening around us while we dive.
The Law of Primacy
This article shows how important it is that we teach the right skills, in the right way, right from the beginning of our students’ training.
Using eLearning for your students
How to make sure your students are taken care of and you have all the information you need to make it happen.
SDI Instructors: Good Leaders in Tight Spots
A couple of years ago, an educator contacted us about conducting a survey of our members; he explained he was conducting research in pursuit of a higher education degree, and we agreed. The instructor was looking for detailed information about the types of leaders we have in our community of instructors. He shares a shortened version of his findings. Check out our article to find out whether SDI instructors are quality leaders or not.
Teaching Neutrally Buoyant and Trimmed
A hot topic among instructors in the industry is whether or not students should be taught their Open Water Course on their knees or hovering nuetrally buoyant. We have written several articles on this very topic in the past, but now one of our members is taking a turn and explaining his reasoning and methods for teaching his students in neutral buoyancy.
Teaching Neutrally Buoyant and Trimmed: How to weight properly, Part 3
We’re back with part two of our teaching neutrally buoyant series! This month’s article breaks down the reasons overweighting students is harmful and what to do instead. Kosta shares a mathematical formula he developed for getting a student’s base weight right before they even get into the water.