Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barb Howe, FishSafe B.C.; Gina Johansen, Fish Safe

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

12.1427.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Fishing Vessel Stability Education Program An Informed Blueprint for Program DesignAbstractA fishing vessel capsizes and the call for stability education resumes, suggesting that past andcurrent training programs are not contributing significantly to education and prevention ofcapsizings. This paper introduces an industry driven educational program where fishermen’sprior experience is central to their learning. Instructional design is problem based and includes ahands on model. The program, informed by research literature on learning, is described withinthe framework of an adult education planning model, including epistemology, needs assessment