Partner Interview – how teaching adults about safety can be rewarding

An assignment for PIDP 3100 is to interview an assigned classmate. I was unable to connect with my assigned classmate and so interviewed a friend about teaching adults about firearm safety and the work involved in this type of education. The key component used in this type of learning follows several principals – pre-reading, discussion, videos, practice without loaded firearms, feedback, practice with loaded firearms, feedback and more classroom work prior to an open book test and a practical test. This form of learning is quite similar to nursing as we assign pre-reading of textbooks, have discussion and videos, practice with simulated patients, provide feedback, practice with actual patients, provide feedback – over and over.

I was surprised when I paused to consider – there is more in common with nursing education and a sport education that I had previously considered.