Guidance

Question 1

Guidance

Answer 1

Helping someone to learn a skill

Question 2

Types of guidance

Answer 2

Visual
Verbal
Mechanical
Manual

Question 3

visual guidance

Answer 3

show them how to do the skill through a demo

Question 4

visual - advantages

Answer 4

gives a mental picture
understand what the skill should look like
make the skill seem achievable if done by a similar ability as you feel like you can replicate the skill

Question 5

visual - limitations

Answer 5

poor demo gives the wrong mental picture. Mistakes copied
if done by an expert it might seem unachievable
too complex - demotivating
may need assistance of verbal guidance

Question 6

verbal guidance

Answer 6

explain how to do the skill

Question 7

verbal - advantages

Answer 7

immediate feedback
motivating if kept positive
can give technical points along side visual guidance

Question 8

verbal - limitations

Answer 8

can get too boring if too long
can get too complex - overload
doesn’t give mental picture of the skill
demotivating if negative

Question 9

manual guidance

Answer 9

physically moving someone’s body parts into position

Question 10

manual - advantages

Answer 10

kinaesthetic feeling of the skill
feel safe
feel confident

Question 11

manual - limitations

Answer 11

child protection issue/awkward to invade personal space

restrict movement - wrong kinaesthetic feeling

Question 12

mechanical guidance

Answer 12

use of equipment to aid learning

Question 13

mechanical - advantages

Answer 13

safety/confidence
able to have a go at more advanced skills
provide some kinaesthetic information of the skill
to develop consistency in skills

Question 14

mechanical - limitations

Answer 14

restricting movements so the kinaesthetic feeling
false sense of security
dangerous if faulty
you can come to rely on it