Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Marine Incidents and Their Prevention Through Education

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  • Roger Boshier University of British Columbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56105/cjsae.v6i2.3012

Abstract

Each year the Government of Canada spends $220 million on Search and Rescue. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the 35,000 incidents logged by the Canadian Coastguard between 1985 and 1988, to present a model showing factors involved in the initiation and progress of marine incidents and to critically appraise prevention education. Prevention education occurs in formal, nonformal and informal settings but its effectiveness is impeded because it is largely preoccupied with technical matters and anchored in an ideology of individualism that does not have sufficient regard for sociocultural factors.

Résumé

Le gouvernement du Canada depensé chaque année $222 millions sur "Search and Rescue". Le but de 1'article était d'analyser les 35,000 incidents inscrits au journal de bord par le "Canadian Coastguard" entre 1985 et 1988, de présenter un modèle qui indique des facteurs impliqués dans 1'initiation et le progrès d'incidents marins, et d'évaluer de façon critique 1'éducation préventive. L'éducation préventive se trouve dans des situations formelles, non-formelles, et informelles mais son efficacité est limitée car elle se préoccupe en grande mesure de questions techniques et est ancrée dans une idéologic d'individualisme qui fait peu de cas de facteurs socioculturels.

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Published

1992-11-01

How to Cite

Boshier, R. (1992). Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Marine Incidents and Their Prevention Through Education. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 6(2), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.56105/cjsae.v6i2.3012

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