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What is Education in Risk?

March 9, 2024 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The ideas of ‘education’ and ‘learning’ are not discussed philosophically in the safety industry but rather are assumed to be the same as training. Even when we see Safety use the word ‘learning’ it rarely means much more than ‘training’. Indeed, there is really no appetite for Philosophy in the … [Read more...] about What is Education in Risk?

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: education

Zero Harm and the Fear of Failure

November 25, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

J.K. Rowling describes in her book Very Good Lives, her fear of failure as a young child. She recalls how such fear limits creativity, imagination and vision. She also talks about ‘the fringe benefits of failure’. In SPoR, we call this ‘the by-products and trade-offs of fallible decision … [Read more...] about Zero Harm and the Fear of Failure

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: education, fallibility, learning

HAZARDMAN Won’t Save You

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Hazard Man Won’t Save You Article by Dr Rob Long about a new comic based safety campaign about to be launched in Schools. The reaction from my two teenage boys: “Huh? - that’s just stupid!” and “Geez, Nooo!” Watch the video below and you will see what I mean! Quote: It is amazing that the … [Read more...] about HAZARDMAN Won’t Save You

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Training Tagged With: education, hazardman, heuristics, risk, School Safety

Safety Entitlement and Compulsory Safety Mis-Education

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Safety Entitlement and Compulsory Safety Mis-Education Image Source As things continue to remain unchanged in the safety sphere safety people turn to the schooling system for the next bite at the cherry. Publication of injury statistics of young workers injured at work always seems to spark the … [Read more...] about Safety Entitlement and Compulsory Safety Mis-Education

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: binary thinking, education, hazardman, Safety, School Safety

Understanding Psychological Terminology

August 7, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Understanding Psychological Terminology and Applying it to Safety and Risk. More Detail Here: Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk And SafetyAll professions (intentionally and unintentionally) create language, acronyms and discourse that create territory and challenges for understanding. This … [Read more...] about Understanding Psychological Terminology

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: education, homeostasis, hubris, learning, psychological, safety psychology, satisficing

The Shaping of SPoR Intelligence, Skills and Competence in Risk

June 18, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The Shaping of SPoR Intelligence, Skills and Competence in Risk The next free module in SPoR will be run in September, you can register your interest here: https://safetyrisk.net/free-online-module-introduction-to-the-social-psychology-of-risk/ You can’t access knowledge you don’t have and neither … [Read more...] about The Shaping of SPoR Intelligence, Skills and Competence in Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Training, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: education, iCue, SPoR

Education in Safety

October 26, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Education in Safety I am on several discussion lists across a number of disciplines and one such list in Education surfaced this week about what readings were considered essential for First Year Education students. The group is populated mostly by experienced teachers and a few academics. The … [Read more...] about Education in Safety

Filed Under: critical thinking, Learning, Psychological Health and Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: curriculum, education

Risk & Safety in Outdoor Education.

November 26, 2014 by Admin 10 Comments

Risk & Safety in Outdoor Education. Great short article by Keith McCabe – a Member of our Brisbane Thinking Group (See: What is a Thinking Group?), First published this on LinkedIn. With enough support from readers we may be able to convince him to become one of our Awesome Authors and not … [Read more...] about Risk & Safety in Outdoor Education.

Filed Under: Creativity, Risk Aversion, Zero Harm Tagged With: education, outdoor, risky activities, Zero Harm

Education for OHS people

September 8, 2013 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Education for OHS people A Safety Reflection by the late George Robotham One of the features that distinguishes adult education from the education of young people is the fact adults have a rich data bank of experience to draw from, they tend to discount any education input that conflicts with this … [Read more...] about Education for OHS people

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Training Tagged With: core body of knowledge, education, Safety Reflections, sia

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