User:Hele Mai/sandbox

Education and training
The importance of Education and training is to help prevent accidental drownings and other water related deaths. In the United States, there are over fifty one million miles of shoreline between rivers, lakes and coastal regions. In these waters, on average there are ten daily fatalities due to accidental drownings. Researching and reviewing water safety education materials helps to promote safe behaviors in and around water. Educational classes are available to the public to learn how to stay safe. Education and training may include but is not limited to pool, boating, and flood safety. Organizations such as the American Red Cross, United States Coast Guard and United States Department of Commerce educate and promote safe water practices.

Pool
Safe pool campaigns teach adults and children that certain behaviors and practices can reduce the risk of accidental drowning. Educational materials are available for children in the form of books and songs. Singer/songwriter Laurie Berkner wrote a song "Pool Safely" for children to educate them on the importance of water safety. Her song emphasizes the importance of learning to swim, not climbing over a gated pool, staying away from drains and to ask an adult if it is okay to swim. There are also many children's books related to the topic. These include "Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim" by Leonard/Shapiro and "Toby the Dolphin and Water Safety" by Lisa La Russo. Recommendations for adults include the following safe pool practices: Install a locked barrier around your pool or a locked covering when not in use, swim with a partner or be supervised while swimming, avoid drinking alcohol while swimming, do not dive head first into a body of water without knowing the depth, learn to swim before entering a body of water and wear flotation devises.

Boating
According to the United States Coast guard, in 2017 there were over 4,000 boating related accidents. These accidents cost over $46 billion and caused over 650 deaths in the United States. The United States Coast guard provides a link from its website to educational courses to promote safe boating. The Environmental Management department in the United Kingdom also provides its boaters with an educational handout to help practice safe boating. These resources cover common mistakes boaters make that can cause harm. Some of the items covered are; avoiding hazards that may cause you to slip or fall, avoid getting between the boat and an object and watch for fire hazards on board a boat.

Flood
Approximately half of all drownings related to flooding are caused by people driving their vehicles into flood water. Weather.Gov has created a "Turn around and don't Drown" campaign to educate people on the danger of driving into flood waters. The National Weather Service educates people to create a communication plan, have an emergency kit prepared, prepare your home and pets and leave the affected area.

Article Selection
I have reviewed four stub and start articles in need of improvement. All of the articles are part of a Wiki Project and have been flagged for various reasons to be edited or improved. I also find each article important to me and I feel that I would enjoy researching and improving them.

The first article I looked at was “Adult Education” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_education The article is under the Wiki Project Education and is listed as a stub article of high importance. The issues with the article are the lack of world view and verifiable sources. This article looks well written to me and I feel that I would struggle to improve it. This is not my top choice being as I am new to editing an article.

The second article I researched was the “Oswego Movement.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswego_Movement This is a stub article of mid importance. The Oswego Movement was introduced during the late 19th century as a way of teaching using objects. I was able to find articles referencing the movement and feel the article could be greatly improved as it is lacking any real substance. However, because the teaching tools have changed so much over time I am not as excited about writing about outdated teaching practices. Below are some articles I found on the topic. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00131723709339544 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/cba2/ef8f2bf237f3a4e6583b9724bfac469624a3.pdf https://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=3556&context=luc_theses

The third article I reviewed was the same article I evaluated. “Paraprofessional Educator” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraprofessional_educator This article is a start class article of high importance under the Wiki Project Education umbrella. The article was lacking world perspective, contained sources that could not be found and outdated information. There are many resources about this topic and think it may make a good choice to edit. Below is some of the information I found. http://www.asec.net/archives/asecparahandbook8-03.pdf https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/eden/non-xml/c112-13-0.doc http://www.dsaso.org/files/Disability_Solutions_Paraprofessionals_3_1.pdf

The final article I reviewed was “ Water Safety.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_safety This article is labeled a stub article of mid importance and is under five different Wiki Projects. Of all the articles I reviewed, this one needs the most work. While reading the article I felt as though I could throw a dart at it and hit something that needs improving. The article has a contents list but is lacking content. I felt as though any additional content I could provide would be helpful. There is also a plethora of information regarding water safety that I feel I could cite multiple, verifiable sources. I also believe in the importance of water safety being a boater myself. I think because of the amount of work this article needs it would make a good choice to get my feet wet in editing an article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_safety https://www.uscgboating.org/ https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/swimming/water-safety https://www.gocoastguard.com/about-the-coast-guard/discover-our-roles-missions/search-and-rescue https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/water-safety/lake-river-safety.html

Article evaluation
I am evaluating an article... The article I chose is Paraprofessional Educator this article is part of the Wiki Project Education. The article was rated at the start class but of high importance. My observations: I found in the articles content it listed Paraprofessionals by country. The article mentioned they are employed in the United States but failed to say what they did in the United States as it stated for other countries. I Also found in this section there was no citation as to where the information was gathered.
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The article also cited multiple times throughout the article the Occupational Outlook Handbook that could no longer be found.
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I also noticed the mean wage of a Paraprofessional has not been updated. The average salary in the article was $25,490 and the source the author cited now claims the average salary is $28,750.
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There was one bit of information I was unsure about. The author referenced websites that provide training for paraprofessionals which I was wondering if it may be a conflict of interest.
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I did feel the content of the article was relevant to the topic. I also didn't feel it was biased (except for the citing websites.)
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There were no talking points other than it was part of the Wiki Project Education umbrella.
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