FAA: Aviation Instructor's Handbook: 2008

Designed for ground instructors, flight instructors, and aviation maintenance instructors, the Aviation Instructor’s Handbook was developed by the Flight Standards Service, Airman Testing Standards Branch, in cooperation with aviation educators and industry to help beginning instructors understand and apply the fundamentals of instruction.

This handbook provides aviation instructors with up-to-date information on learning and teaching, and how to relate this information to the task of teaching
aeronautical knowledge and skills to students. Experienced aviation instructors will also find the updated information useful for improving their effectiveness in training activities. While this handbook primarily uses the traditional term “student” to
denote someone who is seeking certification in aviation, the accepted term in educational psychology is “learners.”

This handbook supersedes FAA-H-8083-9, Aviation Instructor’s Handbook, dated 1999.