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INTEGRATION OF OSH INTO CURRICULA OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTES. Ing. Sergio Perticaroli Documentation , Information and Training Department Director Rome, Italy. Web site: www.ispesl.it. JURISDICTION FOR CURRICULA. Regional. REGIONAL AUTONOMY. JURISDICTION FOR CURRICULA.
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INTEGRATION OF OSH INTO CURRICULA OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTES Ing. Sergio Perticaroli Documentation , Information and Training Department Director Rome, Italy Web site: www.ispesl.it
JURISDICTION FOR CURRICULA Regional REGIONAL AUTONOMY JURISDICTION FOR CURRICULA National Ministry of Education SCHOOL AUTONOMY RESEARCH IN THE SCHOLASTIC SPHERE VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TECHNICAL INSTITUTES
NATIONAL REFERENCE INSTITUTE ON OSH TOPICS ISPESL NATIONAL REFERENCE INSTITUTE ON VOCATIONAL TRAINING ISFOL AUTHORS OF THE RESEARCH
OBJECTIVES • Analysis and evaluation, at national level, of training curricula regarding OSH topics used in the Italian educational system • The creation of records pertaining to the curricular architectures assessed • Planning and realization of Credit Transfer Training Units (CTTUs) according to the provisions implementing the framework directive in the training areas taken into account by the research • Experimentation of curricular prototypes (modules) on target user groups and verification of the efficiency and effectiveness of the teaching-learning process
SAMPLE OF INVESTIGATION TOTAL 313 Vocational Training centres Building Electricity - electronics SECTOR Technical institutes Mechanics
DATA SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE Section I- General Section II- Training program Section III- OSH Topics Section IV- Teaching/Learning Project Section V- Approach of students
RESULTS OF ANALYSIS EVALUATION OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES • Presence of OSH topics at general education level • The training programmes under review did not conform to the indications of the framework directive • General failure to place OSH topics in specific modules • Request for specific teaching aids
CTTUs STRUCTURE BASIC MODULE 20 hours, general OSH topics common to the three sectors TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL MODULES SPECIFIC TO EACH SECTOR 20 hours, specific OSH topics
BASIC MODULE 1 - Introduction and aims of legislative decree 626/94 2 - Key safety figure – Prevention and Protection Service – Sanctions 3 - Worker information and training 4 - Workplaces 5 - Risk assessment (General aspects – Guidelines) 6 - Work equipment – Personal Protection Equipment – Video terminals 7 - Manual handling of loads 8 - Fire prevention – Evacuation – Safety markings – First aid 9 – Simulation game 10- Summary of the main points of Legislative Decree 626/94
SPECIFIC MODULE - Building - Electricity-electronics AREA - Mechanics 10 Teaching Units Active involvement of pupils through exercises and use of videos Simulation of actual working situations cases – pupils have been asked to adopt concrete risk prevention and protection measures
RESULTS • Good general level of learning (65% of pupils scored above-average results) • Final test results in keeping with the level of teaching given • Adequate methods and tools, getting pupils interested and involved • Production of supplementary training provisions not contemplated in standard curricula
6 D.Lgs 2 6 “89/391/CEE CARDS” SIMULATION GAME
THE SIMULATION GAME AIMS: The game invites players to test their knowledge about the topics studied during the training programme by making a series of simple choices, focusing on: 1 – The meaning of risk and danger 2 – The prevention and protection service 3 – Actors involved in the safety process 4 – Prevention and protection measures that can be adopted 5 – Managing emergencies 6 – Elements leading to sanctions
DURATION OF GAME:2 hours • HOW TO PLAY THE GAME: the teacher explains the rules of the game and gives each player: • a pack of 30 cards • each card gives a true or false statement, which the player must evaluate and place in the notebook from the most to the least urgent; 10 cards will be discarded from the pack as only 20 of the 30 proposed choices can be selected • there follows group discussions, during which each player can discuss with others, and is allowed to change only one item of those indicated in his notebook • discussion involving the whole class and checking of results HOW TO PLAY THE GAME AIM: Each player must decide which statements are true and arrange them according to priority, from the most to the least urgent • SCORE: • 1 point for each reply that corresponds to one of the 20 true statements • 1 additional point for each answer in the correct order of priority
Safety in the workplace is guaranteed by worker’s awareness of danger and risk A Workers should only be trained when they are Once he has appointed a taken on safety officer, the employer no C longer has any responsibility for protecting workers’ health B
ITALY EMILIA ROMAGNA REGION LOCAL HEALTH UNIT OF REGGIO EMILIA Public Health Department OCCUPATIONAL PREVENTION AND SAFETY SERVICES
WORKPLACE PREVENTION WEEK Staging of an Event on Safety and Hygiene at School and at Work 26 April - 1 May 1997 Reggio Emilia – ITALY http://www.ausl.re.it/prevenz/prevenzione.htm talk to me, and I shall forget teach me and I shall remember let me participate and I shall learn Benjamin Franklin
REASONS FOR THE PROJECT • The school must play a part in teaching about safety in the workplace as part of a more general aim of teaching citizens to appreciate health values • AIMS • To improve the health and safety of those working in schools (pursuant to Legislative Decree 626/94). • To promote the prevention culture among youngsters in order to teach citizens/workers to appreciate health values.
WHO students, teachers, workers, enterprises, public bodies, employers' associations, trade unions, parents and citizens in general WHERE in the city squares, theatres, cinemas, exhibition areas of Reggio Emilia WHEN from 26 April to 1 May 1997
WORKING METHOD Based on active learning “DOING” RATHER THAN “LISTENING” this method entailed first the study of legislation and prevention methods, then the creation of a project pertaining to the school's area of specialisation, to be presented in public during the Week as proof of knowledge acquired.
THE PLAYERS - 25 upper secondary schools 2,220 workers and 13,560 students - 41 lower secondary schools 2,108 workers and 11,445 students - 32 primary schools, 2,110 workers and 15,296 students COLLABORATORS Schools, Local Authorities, Employers' Associations, Trade Unions, Enterprises
PROJECTS • INSTALLATIONS AND PERFORMANCE • Don't lose sight of Safety • Flowers at Work • Prevention on the Building Site • Safety on the Farm • EXHIBITIONS • Art - Work • Children's drawings • PUBLICATIONS (Books, Pamphlets) • Stories and Memories • Welcome to Work.…in Safety • At School and at Work in Safety • VIDEOS (short films written by and starring youngsters) • The Safety Formula • Alternating Current – Continuous Safety • Out of Danger • and ….THEATRE, CINEMA, COMPETITIONS, VIDEOGAMES