Table of Contents CHAPTER 2
Begin the Journey Begin—verb—begin \biˈɡin\—start; perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity).
“Life is a journey, not a destination.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Establishing a strong foundation is an important part of beginning the journey of using American National Standards for on-water skills-based instruction for safer boating. The vast majority of boat operators who should and will seek boating skills instruction are likely to be relatively new to the activity. Therefore, these skills-based standards are targeted at the “entry-level” operator.
Entry-level operators
For the purpose of a discussion on skills-based instruction, consider the following definitions: • Novice: a person who is new to an activity and typically has little or no knowledge or skills related to that activity. • Beginner: a person who has begun a course of instruction or is learning the fundamentals.
• Entry-level: the proficiency reached by a person who has successfully completed an appropriate amount of beginner instruction, or has achieved a sufficient level of experience, to be ready to pursue (or “enter” safely into) recreational boating.
In the context of human-propelled craft skills instruction, the novice is someone who has decided they want to operate a human-propelled craft, but has perhaps never done so, or maybe tried it with supervision once or just a few times. The novice may have some notional concepts about human-propelled craft operation but will likely have few direct skills, if any.
The beginner has enough motivation to “take the plunge” and obtain instruction for human-propelled craft skills. They may or may not hold a safe boating certificate issued by their state of residence, and they may have done a bit of research about boating in books, magazines, videos, or Internet-based media.
The entry-level operator is a person who has successfully completed a beginner skills-based instructional program/ course(s) or has sufficient personal experience and is deemed ready to safely be in command of a recreational human- propelled craft, under certain conditions. This includes whatever complimentary knowledge is required to be able to safely operate the craft.
Designing on-water instruction for entry-level skills development
EDU-4 identifies characteristics of an instructional approach used to deliver entry-level recreational powerboating, human-propelled boating, or sailing skills.
Whereas the three domain-specific recreational boating skills standards (EDU-1, EDU-2, EDU-3) describe the outcomes that result from completing on-water, skills-based boating instruction, EDU-4 identifies the characteristics of the approach used to accomplish those outcomes. Therefore, EDU-4 considers a full range of factors that contribute to making available high-quality on-water skills-based instruction including:
• Content of the curriculum • Qualities of the instructors involved • Methods used to deliver instruction • Quality of the learning environment (physically and emotionally) • Quality of the facilities, boats, and equipment used to support learning • Risk management procedures
6 This Technical Support Document was produced in part through USCG grant funds to develop National On-Water Skills Standards. ©2022 United States Sailing Association. Facilitated by Think First Serve.
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