Measuring the Effects of Active Learning on Health and Safety Training

Details

• Personal Author:
  Brown L ; DiBona R ; Wilson L
• Description:
  For more than a decade, training practitioners have called for changes in the way new and experienced miners are trained. There is an increasing emphasis on active learning approaches, which better reflect the experiential processes by which adults learn most effectively, and a recognized need for better assessment of outcomes, both within the classroom and on the worksite. In this talk, we survey the components of a comprehensive active learning design plan, which include learning objectives, course outlines, media, and assessments developed in cooperation with industry and subject matter experts. As part of our data-driven approach, we are now evaluating the effects of our active learning modules on new miner and annual refresher training, focusing on the knowledge, skills, and abilities for hazards recognition and hierarchy of controls. Working with industry partners, over 500 mine workers have participated in our study; treatment groups received training via active learning while control groups used traditional didactic approaches. We discuss initial results on training transfer, with insight on learner motivation, self-efficacy, and commitment to goals. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Mining Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Hazard Recognition Information Dissemination Miners Mine Workers Mining Industry Safety Education Training
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062812
• Citation:
  2019 SME Annual Meeting Technical Sessions, February 24-27, 2019, Denver, Colorado. Englewood, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2019 Feb; :16
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Performing Organization:
  University of Arizona, Tucson
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20100901
• Source Full Name:
  2019 SME Annual Meeting Technical Sessions, February 24-27, 2019, Denver, Colorado
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7259d8da0dc37b841f453e3e77b2b75e6dcd413331da930b4402bb2427833d231865ae33bd9f5d206c25b177376454e2387826aa8c27d9609c0c880b78048f5e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225994/cdc_225994_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 120.92 KB ]