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1. Serious Incidents--Injury, Trauma or Illness. Occasional Paper 9

Author

Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA)

Abstract

This occasional paper is the ninth in a series on the National Quality Framework (NQF). The Education and Care Services National Law and National Regulations govern the minimum standards and requirements that all providers of NQF regulated services must meet, including health and safety requirements. Quality Area 2 of the National Quality Standard (NQS) upholds children's right to be protected and kept safe. The approved provider, nominated supervisors, coordinators and educators have responsibility for supporting the health, safety and wellbeing of all children. In exercising their responsibilities, they must take reasonable care to protect children from foreseeable risk of harm, injury and infection. This paper uses data from the National Quality Agenda Information Technology System (NQA ITS) to provide analysis of trends in serious incidents resulting in injury, trauma or illness in Australian children's education and care services between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2022.

Published
2023

2. Safety in Mechanical Technology Workshops at South African Public Schools

Author

Jurgens, Coenraad

Abstract

South Africa has an urgent need for qualified technical and mechanical people. Technical disciplines are encouraged in public schools to fulfil this requirement. Teachers are also in an environment that is becoming increasingly litigious. Technology teachers may be forced to pay greater attention to managing safety and security as legal liability for harm caused during activities in school workshops is expected to increase. The safety of all students is a crucial component in schools. Effective teaching and learning can be improved in workshop areas where learner safety, or "Geborgenheit", is generated. The security of students while they participate in activities is the responsibility of the Mechanical Technology teacher. For school workshops, an efficient safety policy must be created to reduce the danger of injuries and harm to students. The primary method for reducing and preventing injuries and making sure that the teacher or school is not held accountable for damage, is a purposeful policy. The empirical investigation used a mixed research methodology, where Mechanical Technology teachers quantitatively and qualitatively assessed the management of security in school workshops. Data were triangulated (analytically, narratively, and discussed), and conclusions and suggestions were formed. The results show that teachers are unaware of their legal obligation to take care of students and are under-informed on delictual liability and education law. Due to the complexity of today's society, all participants in the education industry must recognize that understanding the legal and technological facets of the field is not only important, but also ought to be made essential. [For the complete Volume 21 proceedings, see ED629259.]

Published
2023

3. The Use of Action Learning Sets in Developing a Multiple Lens View Model with a Charity's Leadership Team. An Account of Practice

Author

Sarah Trussler, Sue Shippen, and Paul McCay

Abstract

This paper outlines the outcomes from three rounds of action learning sets with a charity that supports vulnerable adults and those with learning disabilities in supported living and residential care. The action learning sets focused on safeguarding cases and how they had been managed by 11 leaders at various levels of the charity (the team). The findings demonstrate that using a reflective process and the 'fishbowl' model of action learning sets in this context is effective in evaluating the actions taken by the team in the safeguarding case, but also the awareness of the perspectives -- or lenses -- the team had used when reflecting on the roles of the various stakeholders included. We outline the development and application of the Multiple Lens View Model (Table 1) which was designed during the research and which helps to analyse the perspectives the participants were taking when focusing on the issues in each case. We conclude with an exploration of how this charity can more critically engage in debate around assumptions made in safeguarding incidents. We discuss how The Multiple Lens View Model can be developed further as a conceptual framework for this charity and for critical action learning in other institutions.

Published
2024
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4. Transportation Safety and Policy: Evaluating Elements of Motorists' Experiential Education in Driver's Training and Its Impact on Move-Over Law Compliance in Maryland

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James G. Kailie

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Transportation Security is considered one of the important aspects of U. S. Critical Infrastructure resilience and civil security. However, safety issues in transportation regarding 'struck-by' incidents involving Emergency First Responders (EFRs) (Fire, Police, and EMS) while performing essential duties on roadways stand to diminish this resilience. In response, policymakers mandated the 'Move Over' law, to safeguard these EFRs as their work-related hazards involving struck-by incidents continued unabated. Noncompliance to the 'Move Over' law by motorists has warranted stakeholders in transportation to question aspects of safety including education and training of motorists. This study explored the extent to which motorists' experiential education and training, could be utilized to predict awareness and compliance with the 'Move Over' law. To do so, the embedded design of mixed methods which focuses on both quantitative and qualitative data collected at the same time was employed. Using the Qualtrics platform for electronic entries, and paper surveys, data were collected from a total of 384 participants from Baltimore, Maryland. Using inferential statistics, 42 quantitative Likert survey questions were accompanied by four discussion point sections for the qualitative response. Cronbach's alpha confirmed survey reliability, while Persons Correlations and other statistical tools were used to report findings on quantitative analysis. Qualitative data were transcribed using thematic and content analysis. The results confirmed the presence of some experiential education amongst motorists, but more importantly, identified experiential learning as a predictor of awareness and compliance to the 'Move Over' law. The results also supported the hypotheses that experiential learning is necessary for driver's education and training with reference to compliance with the 'Move Over law and hence, improve the safety of EFRs. Future research and recommendations are also discussed. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]

Published
2023