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Mwoma, Teresa; Nyakwara, Begi; Murungi, Catherine – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
School safety is important in enhancing children's learning. It is defined as measures put in place by staff, parents, learners and other stakeholders. The measures are meant to minimise risk conditions that may cause accidents, bodily injury as well as emotional and psychological distress. Accidents, if not prevented, can cause disability or…
Descriptors: School Safety, Preschool Education, Guidelines, School Security
Buon, Marine; Jacob, Pierre; Loissel, Elsa; Dupoux, Emmanuel – Cognition, 2013
In situations where an agent unintentionally causes harm to a victim, the agent's (harmless) intention typically carries "more" weight than his/her (harmful) causal role. Therefore, healthy adults typically judge leniently agents responsible for an accident. Using animated cartoons, we show, however, that in the presence of a difficult concurrent…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Cognitive Processes, Accidents, Cartoons
DiLisi, Gregory A.; Rarick, Richard A. – Physics Teacher, 2015
November 10, 2015, marked the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the "S. S. Edmund Fitzgerald," a Great Lakes bulk cargo freighter that suddenly and mysteriously sank during a severe winter storm on Lake Superior. A year after the sinking, Canadian folksinger Gordon Lightfoot wrote and recorded the ballad "The Wreck of the 'Edmund…
Descriptors: Accidents, Transportation, Water, Oceanography
Young People's Safety Beliefs after a Spinal Cord Injury Health Promotion and Awareness Presentation
Watling, David P.; Bishara, Jason D.; Zeeman, Heidi – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: Adolescence is presented as a vulnerable period for accidental injury, particularly spinal cord injury, given young people's propensity for risky behaviours. School-based health promotion initiatives provide opportunities for education about the risks associated with dangerous behaviours. In this study, we aimed to describe young…
Descriptors: Safety, Beliefs, Secondary School Students, Pretests Posttests
Ide, Kanako – Ethics and Education, 2014
This article is an attempt to develop a theory of peace education through an examination of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. It examines why Japan did not avoid this terrible nuclear disaster. This is an educational issue, because one of the major impacts of Fukushima's catastrophe is that it indicates the failure of peace education. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peace, Facilities, Nuclear Energy
Schlenz, Alyssa M.; Carpenter, Laura A.; Bradley, Catherine; Charles, Jane; Boan, Andrea – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
This paper evaluated age differences in emergency department care and inpatient hospitalizations in 252 preadolescent and adolescent youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs; ages 9-18). Records from youth with ASDs were linked to acute care utilization records and were compared to a demographically similar comparison group of youth without ASDs…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Hospitalized Children, Medical Services
Brady, Tim – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study of how a virtual technology burden was created that impacted the professional pilot college student and various colleges/universities that offer professional pilot degree programs. A cascading set of events began as a result of US congressional reaction to a tragic airline accident. The resulting…
Descriptors: Aviation Education, Educational Technology, College Students, Accidents
A Review of Balance and Gait Capacities in Relation to Falls in Persons with Intellectual Disability
Enkelaar, Lotte; Smulders, Ellen; van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk, Henny; Geurts, Alexander C. H.; Weerdesteyn, Vivian – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Limitations in mobility are common in persons with intellectual disabilities (ID). As balance and gait capacities are key aspects of mobility, the prevalence of balance and gait problems is also expected to be high in this population. The objective of this study was to critically review the available literature on balance and gait characteristics…
Descriptors: Accidents, Psychomotor Skills, Mental Retardation, Age
Hong, Jasmine Yoo Jung; Kim, Narae; Lee, Sangwon; Kim, Jang Hyun – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2018
Introduction: The present study examines how community disaster resilience and social solidarity concerning the Sewol ferry disaster, one of South Korea's most tragic maritime disasters that occurred on April 16, 2014, were portrayed on and manifested by social media during a 1-year span at three time periods. Method: Data was collected from…
Descriptors: Social Media, Semantics, Network Analysis, Language Usage
Creighton, Genevieve; Oliffe, John; Matthews, Jennifer; Saewyc, Elizabeth – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Background: The death of a male friend can be challenging for men because expressions of grief can be governed and restrained by dominant ideals of masculinity. It is common for young men to engage in health risk practices, such as alcohol overuse, to deal with feelings of sadness. Objective: This qualitative study investigated the ways that young…
Descriptors: Grief, Death, Males, Grounded Theory
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2019
The Montana Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) assists educators and health professionals in determining the prevalence of health-risk behaviors as self-reported by Montana youth. Initiated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1988, the YRBS aims to identify the leading causes of mortality, morbidity, and social problems among…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, High School Students, Risk, Student Behavior
Steingrímsdóttir, Sigrún Hulda; Halldórsdóttir, Sigríður – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2016
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore people's experience of reduced working capacity and their encounters with professionals in that life situation. We collected data through in-depth interviews with eight individuals. The main finding of the current research is how illness and accident impairing work capacity "exacerbate…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Experience, Data Collection, Interviews
ALBashtawy, Mohammed; Al-Awamreh, Khetam; Gharaibeh, Huda; Al-Kloub, Manal; Batiha, Abdul-Monim; Alhalaiqa, Fadwa; Hamadneh, Shereen – Journal of School Nursing, 2016
Nonfatal injuries are considered as one of the major public health hazards affecting schoolchildren, and the majority of these injuries occur at school or in the home. A cross-sectional study was conducted over a period of 3 months, March-May 2015. The participants were 4,355 Jordanian schoolchildren in Grades 7-12. The Pearson ?[superscript 2]…
Descriptors: Epidemiology, Injuries, Family Income, Public Health
Ayodele, Rachael B.; Olubayo-Fatiregun, Martina A. – World Journal of Education, 2013
This study determined the workability of Safety Education and Training for Workers' strategy in reducing accidents. A descriptive survey research design was used. A total of 20 Managerial staff with mean work experience of 13.5 years was selected from 10 manufacturing industries in Lagos State, using intact group method. They were 100% males. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Safety Education, Manufacturing Industry, Males
Schultz, Susan M. – Global Education Review, 2016
The United States and the World Health Organization have worked to decrease lead exposure in children, but despite these efforts lead poisoning continues to exist in industrialized and developing countries. Prevention is the only way to preclude the health, academic and behavioral problems that occur due to the effects of lead. Public awareness…
Descriptors: Poisoning, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Prevention