Method of teaching through exposure to relevant perspective

Abstract

A method of teaching a skill, such as, for example, hunting, tracking, law enforcement, terrorist response, self-defense, or game-playing technique, whereby the student is exposed to the perspective of a relevant person, animal, or object, such as, for example, a game player, victim, criminal, terrorist, animal, or ball, whose identity is determined by the nature of the skill, and wherein a mechanism, such as, for example, video, computer animation, virtual reality, or role-playing, is used to impart the perspective. The method broadly comprises the steps of identifying a behavior of the thing, wherein the behavior is related to the skill; modeling a perspective of the thing related to the behavior in terms understandable by the student; implementing the model using a suitable mechanism; and introducing the student to the mechanism such that, through the mechanism, the student is able to experience the perspective of the thing and to thereby better understand the behavior and the skill.

Description

[0001] The present application is a continuation and claims priority benefit, with regard to all common subject matter, of an earlier-filed U.S. patent application titled METHOD OF TEACHING THROUGH EXPOSURE TO RELEVANT PERSPECTIVE, Ser. No. 09 / 998,990, filed Nov. 29, 2001, which is itself a continuation-in-part of an earlier-filed U.S. patent application titled METHOD OF TEACHING THROUGH EXPOSURE TO RELEVANT PERSPECTIVE, Ser. No. 09 / 990,649, filed Nov. 20, 2001. The identified earlier-filed applications are hereby incorporated by reference into the present application.[0002] 1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0003] The present invention relates to methods of teaching wherein the student is exposed to or experiences the perspective of a relevant person, animal, or object. More particularly, the present invention concerns a method of teaching a skill, such as, for example, hunting, tracking, law enforcement, terrorist response, self-defense, or game-playing technique, whereby the student is ex...

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Benefits of technology

[0010] In a preferred embodiment, the method broadly comprises the general steps of identifying a behavior of the thing, wherein the behavior is related to the skill; modeling a perspective of the thing related to the behavior in terms understandable by the student; implementing the model using an appropriate mechanism; and introducing the student to the mechanism such that, through the mechanism, the student is exposed to or otherwise experiences the perspective of the thing and is thereby better able to understand the behavior. It will be appreciated that an understanding or better understanding of the behavior will result in the learning of or improvement in performance of the skill.

[0011] As mentioned, in prior art teaching methods the student is faced with learning the skill without truly understanding or developing a fundamental appreciation of why certain things are done the way they are. The present invention advantageously provides exposure to and appreciation of a perspective which is helpful to the student in performing the skill. In duck hunting, for example, it is advantageous to understand the behaviors and perspectives of a duck. Similarly, in the game of golf it is advantageous to understand the behaviors and perspectives of a skilled player. Similarly, for the law enforcement officer, soldier, prison guard, security guard, airline pilot, and airline flight attendant it is advantageous to understand and appreciate the perspectives of victims, criminals, terrorists, enemy soldiers, or aggressors, as applicable, in order to develop the insight and intuition needed to maximize his or her performance of a wide variety of relevant skills. Furthermore, as provided for by the present invention, it is even more beneficial to experience the perspectives of both of two or more persons involved in an event, such as, for example, the perspectives of both the attacked person and the attacker.

Problems solved by technology

A hunter learning proper duck hunting techniques, for example, must learn to properly camouflage a blind or other concealed shelter or area from which the hunter will observe and shoot; arrange duck decoys in a realistic and effective pattern on a pond or other body of water; and make realistic and appropriate duck calls at the proper times. Unfortunately, the hunter will typically be taught such techniques from a two-dimensional human perspective which may provide inadequate insight into the efficacy of the hunter's endeavors and any actual effects stemming therefrom.

Similarly, a golfer, for example, may intellectually comprehend a need to account for wind shear when driving or to account for ground contours when putting, but may lack a fundamental understanding or appreciation of potential forces which might act on the ball.

Without such understanding, the golfer can never fully learn or appreciate proper driving or putting techniques.

Unfortunately, though the law enforcement officer may comprehend these lessons on a sterile intellectual level, it is unlikely that such passive, non-participatory observation will impart a fundamental understanding or appreciation of the victim's, aggressor's, criminal's, or terrorist's view, behavior, or thoughts.

As mentioned, in prior art teaching methods the student is faced with learning the skill without truly understanding or developing a fundamental appreciation of why certain things are done the way they are.

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