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What Most PADI IDCs Don’t Teach – self-assessment and the Dunning Kruger effect

What Most PADI IDCs Don’t Teach – self-assessment and the Dunning Kruger effect

by Marcel Jansen | Jul 31, 2026 | PADI IDC - instructor course, Risk Management

In the PADI IDC you’ll learn to give a proper demonstration, assess students’ performance against the standards, and give feedback. But there’s something a lot of IDCs forget to teach, and it can be the difference between training safe divers and...
What Most PADI IDCs Don’t Teach – How do your students really feel?

What Most PADI IDCs Don’t Teach – How do your students really feel?

by Marcel Jansen | Jul 20, 2026 | PADI IDC - instructor course, Risk Management

A student gives you the OK sign. You give it back. You move on to the next skill.10 seconds later they bolt to the surface.Most instructors walk away thinking they missed something visual, a tell in the eyes, a change in breathing. Not wrong, but it doesn’t tell...
Asia Scuba Instructors Blog is written by Course Director Marcel Jansen. Asia Scuba Instructors runs PADI Instructor Courses in multiple locations around Asia.

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