| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄海洋科技大學 === 海洋事務與產業管理研究所 === 106 === Summer in Taiwan is always the peak of splashing and drowning events, and schoolchildren account for the highest proportion of drowning cases. Since 2000, the Ministry of Education has promoted a number of programs and plans to try to reduce such accidents, but the focus is basically swimming skills. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to compare the current status, management and implementation, and educational curriculum of water safety education in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. At the same time, this study analyzes the current situation and problems of Taiwan's water safety education policy. Finally, it proposes development strategies and makes recommendations. The results are as follows:
1.Characteristics of water safety education in Australia, New Zealand and Canada: Setting national-level dedicated units, setting clear long-range strategic goals for water safety, submitting regular statistical analysis of annual drowning events, and emphasizing water safety education for pre-school children.
2.The students drowning in Taiwan are mainly those in the middle and primary schools. The summer vacation is the peak of the drowning incidents. The main drowning area is open water.
3.In the past, the focus of the Ministry of Education's Strategy for water safety was the cultivation of students ' swimming skills. Since 2007 the concept of self-help and skills training has been incorporated into swimming teaching. The "Swimming up Project", promoted in 2010, also includes drowning as one of the core objectives of the plan.
4. The problems of Taiwan's water safety education include: 1)the failure at establishing a complete database of drowning events, 2)the lack of effective teaching of swimming and self-rescue, 3)the lack of a unit with the highest authority and responsibility to coordinate command and management, 4)the lack of the attention to open and safe water areas, 5)rescue manpower and equipment need to be upgraded and there is no consistent standard for prohibiting water activities.
5.The short-term strategies for Taiwan's water safety education include:1) to complete data analysis of death events in drowning, 2)to improve the passing rate and test standards of students’ swimming and self-rescue skills. The midterm and long-term strategies include:1) the establishment of an open water safety education center, 2)the use of scientific and technological equipment to assist water lifesaving training, 3)and the establishment of a water safety professional responsibility unit (organization).
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