Mindfulness- an aid to safety

[Old Koreelah]

It's too easy for pilots and maintainers to overlook something, with disastrous consequences. Human Factors training might benefit from any aid to avoiding distractions. Perhaps we can learn from the Japanese. They seem to have it nailed with an awsome safety record, particularly in their trains.

 

(For over half a century the Shinkansen has cruised at over 300km/h with amazing precision. Its average late time over that time has been six seconds. Nobody has ever been killed in an accident.)

 

Keeping your mind on the job seems to be part of the culture.

 

The Japanese skill copied by the world

 

 

[Head in the clouds]

Great post OK.

 

Can you imagine the following happening here?

 

.... all designed to help you ‘be in the now’. At school, days begin and end with a short ceremony, where greetings are exchanged and the day’s events are announced. Before and after each class, students and teacher stand, bow and thank each other. And before starting the lesson, students are asked to close their eyes to focus their concentration.

 

And - I adopted the business card thing when I heard about that one fifteen or so years ago. Peoples' reaction is sometimes quite astounding, and it's opened a few doors for me that might have remained firmly closed otherwise.

 

 

[kasper]

Great post OK.Can you imagine the following happening here?

 

.... all designed to help you ‘be in the now’. At school, days begin and end with a short ceremony, where greetings are exchanged and the day’s events are announced. Before and after each class, students and teacher stand, bow and thank each other. And before starting the lesson, students are asked to close their eyes to focus their concentration.

 

And - I adopted the business card thing when I heard about that one fifteen or so years ago. Peoples' reaction is sometimes quite astounding, and it's opened a few doors for me that might have remained firmly closed otherwise.

Other than announcing the days events that's pretty much how my primary school operated here in nsw in the 70's. But it was the smallest school in the state with only 12 kids kinder to yr6 so 1 teacher with 1 room was rather intimate and it was very indulividualised teaching.

 

 

[turboplanner]

Other than announcing the days events that's pretty much how my primary school operated here in nsw in the 70's. But it was the smallest school in the state with only 12 kids kinder to yr6 so 1 teacher with 1 room was rather intimate and it was very indulividualised teaching.

In some cases with teachers handling all Primary School grades at once; clearly short on resources, but it's amazing how good the English is from those schools, along with all the other subjects, possibly because the younger kids were getting a taste of the more advanced classes every day.

Those tiny schools have produced Prime Ministers.

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

In some cases with teachers handling all Primary School grades at once; clearly short on resources, but it's amazing how good the English is from those schools, along with all the other subjects, possibly because the younger kids were getting a taste of the more advanced classes every day.Those tiny schools have produced Prime Ministers.

Small schools often provide aspects of education that larger ones cannot. I taught in one Central School where the 80-odd secondary kids lined up under the shade of one tree. The year ten kids were more mature and dependable than many older kids I've known. Why? Because they were the oldest in the school, looked up to by the ankle biters in the playground, and often given responsibility in assisting with younger classes.

 

 

[DenisPC9]

Great post OK.Can you imagine the following happening here?

 

.... all designed to help you ‘be in the now’. At school, days begin and end with a short ceremony, where greetings are exchanged and the day’s events are announced. Before and after each class, students and teacher stand, bow and thank each other. And before starting the lesson, students are asked to close their eyes to focus their concentration.

 

And - I adopted the business card thing when I heard about that one fifteen or so years ago. Peoples' reaction is sometimes quite astounding, and it's opened a few doors for me that might have remained firmly closed otherwise.

I believe that more than a few also roster the students for after class room cleaning etc.,

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

I believe that more than a few also roster the students for after class room cleaning etc.,

One of my pet peeves is having cleaners; the only upside is that cleaning provides jobs for struggling people, particularly in small communities. The downside is that kids get to trash the place in the knowledge that someone will clean up their mess- not a good life lesson.

My ideal school will be built by parents and their kids, cleaned by kids at the end of each day. The cost of schools would plummet and there'd be little or no vandalism- people would appreciate what they've got.

 

 

[Garfly]

I love Japan, myself, but I'm reminded by this that what Culture giveth, Culture can taketh away: