Post by Suzanne Kearns, PhD

I’m delighted to share a new publication with Dr. Benjamin Dreer-Göthe from the Universität Erfurt: What teacher training can learn from pilot training. I have spent much of my career thinking about how we prepare people for complex, dynamic, real-world environments. Aviation has learned many lessons about training, human performance, and competency-based progression. While classrooms and cockpits are very different places, both require professionals to make thoughtful decisions, adapt to changing conditions, manage uncertainty, and continue learning throughout their careers. In this article, we explore what teacher education might learn from pilot training, not by suggesting the fields are the same, but by looking carefully at how mature training systems support the development of professional competence over time. I am grateful to Benjamin for the opportunity to collaborate on this cross-disciplinary work and to reflect on how ideas from aviation education may help inform professional preparation in other fields. Article available here: https://lnkd.in/gVsbjSp2 #AviationEducation #TeacherEducation #CompetencyBasedEducation #HumanFactors #PilotTraining #ProfessionalLearning #HigherEducation