On Apr 24, 11:29*am, "Capt. JG" wrote:
Do any of use labels for items like mainsheet, traveller, etc.? I find that
when I'm teaching it's easier for beginning students to get a clew if they
can read what's in front of them. I've been using my old Brother P-touch,
but the labels fade pretty quickly. Suggestions welcome.


As a current university faculty wich includes Employee Training &
Develpment among others.
Licensed state teacher K-8 (expired)
Former Marine Education Specialist
WOrking Able Seaman on a 1100 GRT vessel.

One of the difintions of COmmunication includes the tem, uncertainty
reduction. In someones words to meaning creation.
Learning theory is a mature body of literature. SOme belive there are
7 learning styles. THat means teachers need to creat lessons that use
each.
Jean Piaget says humans have 4 stages of cognative develpmment that
controll what can be learned at specific ages. So while one teaching
stratigy is effective on some learners it will fail with others.

SO to say what is the "best way" to teach is wrong on two levels.
First, its not, how to teach rather how do others learn. For example
some people are color blind so out goes your color code systm but
thats an over simplified analogy.
Second, im too tired to expain the other.
NOw I know there are a bunch of "traininers" and instructors of
"training the trainer" courses here who have memorized a few basich
learning concepts who will spout some form of , see one, do one teach
one or some other variation of telling and showing.

TO anser your questoin.......................... collored lines and
labled liines work wonderfully for some and fail for others. ONe thing
Ive learned in the GOM. unllicensed deckhands and 100 ton operators
have diffrent names for bits and tie-up lines from boat to boat. One
midship line was called the "garbage can" bit/line cause that what was
next to the bit. Was I surprised my first day when he told me to
start with the garbage can line???

Communicatoin = reduction of uncertainty and meaning creation.

IN conclussion,
color code lines
lable with names/placard
draw a schematic
sing about them
watch a move about them
rig a model boat
touch each line
there are a few others but i think you get the idea.

Bob-Sensei, AB