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Permanent Change: When Have We Learnt?

6 years 9 months ago By Main Minion

If our definition of learning assumes that learning involves a permanent change in behaviour, then how long is permanent? If a change occurs, but it disappears as soon as the student leaves the class, then did they learn?

The Role of Ego in Technical (and Recreational) Diving

7 years 7 months ago By Matt Jevon

Ego simply refers to self and how we feel about ourselves. This results in our thoughts, emotions and behaviour. Where an ego is arrogant, overbearing, misguided or delusional, then bad things can and often do happen.

Teamwork

7 years 7 months ago By Matt Jevon

Over the years, I have had the privilege of being involved in some fantastic teams, sometimes in a leadership role, sometimes as an advisor helping to form a great team, and in others, as a team member.

Wrong Teacher, Wrong Habits

7 years 7 months ago By Matt Jevon

Until you get into deep trimix or cave diving training, there is little emphasis in diving qualifications on anything other than meeting performance-based skill standards.

Parallels in Psychological Factors in Technical Diving and the Olympics

7 years 10 months ago By Matt Jevon

Surprisingly perhaps it is not the most talented that always succeed.

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A Quick And Dirty Review Of Gradient Factors

8 years 2 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

By using Gradient Factors.

Interview with Bill "Hogarth" Main

8 years 2 months ago By Main Minion

In Florida cave country, you measure a diver by the size of his truck: the bigger the truck, the more important the diver.

Thermal stress

10 years 3 days ago By Main Minion

Increased decompression stress will be experienced by divers remaining warm during descent and bottom phases and cool or cold during ascent and stop phases.

Just Culture

10 years 1 month ago By Gareth Lock

Some of the readers may remember an article I wrote on this subject a couple of years ago, but this one will go into much more depth and give examples of the issues faced in both the scuba diving community and other environments, which have more e

Safety Culture: What is it and do I have it?

10 years 5 months ago By Gareth Lock

But just culture is only one part of a safety culture, a term which is being promoted by a number of organisations and individuals as something that needs to be developed by individual divers to improve their safety.

Configuration

12 years 12 months ago By Main Minion

Also, a diver may be able to maintain his depth at the bottom by lightly finning. However, finning too hard and for too long could lead to excessive CO2 production.

Technical Diving: Why?

12 years 12 months ago By Main Minion

In recent years, a new path has opened up for those who do not want to become an instructor and yet want to develop with his or her diving; that path is technical diving.