Motivational methods of teaching are topical subjects and much discussed issues regarding schools and education. The first question of our study covers student motivation and students' perception of their own schools' teaching methods. The second question reflects on how upper secondary school teachers perceive their roles as teachers, their…

Designed to help teachers deal with students in a cold environment, this article explains cold physiology and fundamental laws of heat; describes 14 common cold injuries and their current treatment; and lists a number of useful teaching techniques for cold environments. (SB)

This article describes a four-lesson mock situation exercise carried out in a college-level first aid course as a means of assessing students' comprehensive first aid knowledge and practical skills. A sample mock situation form is included. (IAH)

Presented are procedures for identifying important first aid skills, developing skill analyses, and teaching the skills. The procedures were successfully used to teach moderately mentally handicapped students to communicate an emergency, administer first aid for minor injuries, apply plastic bandages to minor injuries, and administer first aid for…

Preschoolers are an important group to teach first aid skills because most of their injuries occur in the home. "Mouse Calls" is a program aimed at four-to-eight year olds that involves puppets who treat frostbite, a bee string, burns, bruises, possible broken bones, and minor lacerations. The program is briefly described. (MT)

Ways to overcome classroom restrictions, equipment costs, and a lack of knowledge or training in the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation are discussed. (CMJ)

The bibliography about search and rescue training materials lists booklets, books, manuals, films, papers, periodicals, and pamphlets that treat many aspects of search and rescue situations: general, cave, disaster, and mountain rescues; strategy tactics; communications; knots and ropes; outdoor living; dogs; tracking; map and compass; survival;…

A first aid course for the mentally retarded is described. It adapts the standard American National Red Cross Course to the specific needs of the mentally retarded by use of a multimedia approach. (JMF)

Though substitute teachers spend significant amounts of time with students, they receive little training. The Substitute Teaching Institute at Utah State University has developed training materials that include six content components: being prepared and professional, classroom management skills, legal and first aid issues, teaching and…

This study demonstrated that 4 students (ages 6-12) with mental retardation or behavior disorders learned to treat abrasions, as indicated by pretest-posttest generalization probes conducted using nontrained injuries on the participants and another person. Skill acquisition data were roughly equivalent across two training programs (social modeling…

This study investigated whether an interactive video system of instruction taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as effectively as traditional instruction. Using standards of the American Heart Association, the study was designed with two randomized groups to be taught either by live instruction or by interactive video. Subjects were 100…

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relative effectiveness of three methods of utilizing a filmstrip in teaching first aid to educable mentally handicapped students. The three methods used were: Method A--filmstrip, discussion, demonstration, filmstrip; Method B--filmstrip, filmstrip, discussion, demonstration; Method…

Storytelling scenarios are suggested for teaching basic first-aid skills to children (ages 4-9) who have mild to severe disabilities. The method involves four steps: assembling materials; identifying skills and conducting task analyses; teaching the skills; and assessing discrimination among different types of injuries, generalization to new…

This study examined effects of direct training and observational learning on acquisition, generalization, and maintenance of a first-aid skill for three pairs of preschool children with disabilities (three target learners and three observational learners). All six children learned the skill, generalized the skill to playground and home settings,…