See also: Learning Styles Matter I get amazed at the number of times I read safety people parading ‘dumb down’ as a badge of honour. This constant envy (or whatever) of academic learning versus practical learning seems more accentuated in the safety industry than any other I have encountered. There … [Read more...] about Safety – Learning by Doing and Learning by Theory
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Reality vs Theory, The Binary Divide
Reality vs Theory, The Binary Divide Not a week goes by without someone telling me to get out of the ‘classroom’ and get some safety reality. The assumption is that because I have a title before my name that I am somehow stuck in some academic vortex. Unfortunately, Safety in general seems to pitch … [Read more...] about Reality vs Theory, The Binary Divide
Managing the OHS Practical vs Theoretical Divide
Managing the OHS Practical vs Theoretical Divide by the late George Robotham Quotable Quote "A health & safety problem can be described by statistics but cannot be understood by statistics. It can only be understood by knowing and feeling the pain, anguish, and depression and shattered … [Read more...] about Managing the OHS Practical vs Theoretical Divide