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Applications of cognitive theories to children's fire safety education

conference contribution
posted on 2004-01-01, 00:00 authored by Lata SatyenLata Satyen, A Sosa, M Barnett
Children under five have the highest rate of fire-related accidents (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2001). It is therefore essential to develop effective fire safety education programs to prevent casualties due to a fire. At present, there are fire education programs conducted across Australia for primary school children. However, it is vital that these programs get their message across to the children in the most efficient manner to help children retain the information. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of the 'Fire Ed' program conducted in Victoria and assessed the retention of fire safety information in children in preparatory and Grade five levels. The findings suggest that the information is not retained over long periods of time. Suggestions are made to provide fire safety education in line with
theories of cognitive development to make it more effective.

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Event

Australian Psychological Society. Conference (39th : 2004 :cSydney, N.S.W.)

Pagination

250 - 254

Publisher

Australian Psychological Society

Location

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Place of publication

Melbourne, Vic.

Start date

2004-09-29

End date

2004-10-03

ISBN-13

9780909881252

ISBN-10

0909881251

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1.1 Full written paper - refereed

Editor/Contributor(s)

M Katsikitis

Title of proceedings

Psychological science in action : proceedings of the 39th APS Annual Conference, 29 September - 3 October, Sydney NSW

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