In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast we learn about how much physics should be taught in diving courses.
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When I went through my instructor course, I came out provisional. That means I almost passed! I was provisional in the academic area of Physics. Now I went through a NAUI ITC in the late 80’s so it was pretty heavy on diving physics. Then, once you suffered through it, you felt obligated to punish I mean, teach, others about it.
Well for me it was easy to justify. I began my career in academic diving and I am still in it today teaching diving at a university. So, to justify credit hours issued by a university there has to be way more taught than is in the standard books, videos and/or learning from a scuba training agency. So in an Open Water Diver course there will be a greater than normal amount of emphasis put into the theory areas of physics, physiology, decompression theory, equipment and environment.
But outside of the university setting in “regular” scuba classes how much of diving physics should be taught. That is what we’re gonna discuss today in this episode.
Items In This Episode
- Old versus new requirements in the industry
- Gas Laws
- Levels of mastery
- Enclyclopedia of Recreational Diving
- U.S. Navy Diving Manual
- NOAA Diving Manual
- Divemaster Workbooks
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