The Ministry of infrastructures and Transport disciplines the “training course for maritime trainers” through Decree of December 17th, 2015 published on the Official Journal, January 1st, 2016.
The course provides specific training and knowledge necessary to acquire competences in terms of plannings, development and provisions of maritime training courses.
Theoretical aspects
Basic competences for training (STCW)
- Competences to acquire
- Training requisites base on competences attainment
Planning an effective teaching context
The learning process
- Learning needs analysis
- Training planning
- Training delivery
- Training evaluation
- Adults’ learning and factors which influence it, andragogy, Knowels’ model and Kolbe’s model
Using a certain range of didactic methodologies
Education/training tools
- Traditional approach and education
- Tutoring e Mentoring
- Experiential education/training
- Coaching
- E-learning
- Outdoor training
Didactic methodologies
- Structured approach
- Destructured approach
- Technical-procedural approach
- Conversational and reflective approach
Practical exercises
- Cases
- Role playing- simulations
Debriefing
- Problems analysis
- Discussion
- Group dynamics- action
Using adequate educational materials
Didactic supports – visual communication
- Why do we use it?
- When does it influence learning?
- effective slides
- colors
- exposition times
Supports for practical training
- public speaking
- verbal, paraverbal, non-verbal communication
- gestures, eye contact, distances, postures
Lesson development plan
Lesson objective
Educational objectives and topics development
- Turning educational objectives in didactic units
- Topics choice
- Topics research and documentation
- Topics order
Factors to consider during the lesson
- Attention mechanisms
- Ice breaking
- Question techniques
- Time keeping
- Objections management
- “difficult” interlocutors’ management
- Adapting methodologies to people’s style
Evaluating learning and teaching
Methodology for evaluation – 4 levels of evaluation
- Reaction: appreciation of the training
- Learning: internalizing what was learnt
- Behaviour: application of what was learnt
business impact: results achieved thanks to constant application
Identifying adequate methods for evaluation and acquiring data for evaluation
- Evaluation project
- Questionnaires, tests, observation
- Data validity and reliability
Projecting a plan for lessons
Factors to consider
- Course economy and lessons plan preparation
- Theory and practice balance
- Lessons productivity
- Target identification- learners’ prerequisites
Number of students and educational effectiveness
Development of a new program
- Turning needs in educational objectives
Certificate recognized by general command of the Coast Guard
(only after passing both theoretical and practical tests)
The course provides knowledge and trainings necessary to acquire the right competences in terms of “education and training”. It is addressed to instructors involved in the planning, development, and delivery of training courses for the maritime personnel, in accordance with code STCW, section A-I/6.
