Kenny Maureen C
Florida International University, College of Education, ZEB 238B, University Park, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Child Abuse Negl. 2007 Jun;31(6):671-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.12.008. Epub 2007 Jun 27.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of providing Web-based information about child maltreatment to undergraduate education and graduate counseling students. The goal was to determine, via an objective test, whether students would gain information about abuse signs and symptoms and reporting laws.
One hundred and five education and counseling students enrolled in a large, urban, ethnically diverse, university participated in the Web-based training tutorial. Their participation was part of their course requirements. They logged into the Web site using their university identification number and password. The pre and post-tests could only be taken once. Completion of the tutorial took on average 1 hour.
Findings indicated that students' post-test scores were significantly higher than pretest scores on an examination measuring knowledge of child maltreatment signs, symptoms, and reporting procedures. Participants rated their knowledge of child maltreatment significantly higher after taking the tutorial and reported enjoying the self-paced learning of the Web format.
Overall, this study demonstrated the effectiveness of a brief on-line tutorial to disseminate information related to child abuse identification and reporting to future mandated reporters. In approximately 1 hour of on line training, participants gained an increase in knowledge of reporting procedures. Utilization of Web-based training is proposed as an effective and convenient method of instruction particularly for child abuse issues.
本研究旨在确定向本科教育专业和研究生咨询专业学生提供有关儿童虐待的网络信息的有效性。目标是通过客观测试来确定学生是否会获取有关虐待迹象和症状以及报告法律的信息。
105名就读于一所大型城市、种族多样的大学的教育和咨询专业学生参加了基于网络的培训教程。他们的参与是课程要求的一部分。他们使用大学学号和密码登录网站。前后测试只能进行一次。完成教程平均需要1小时。
研究结果表明，在一项衡量儿童虐待迹象、症状和报告程序知识的考试中，学生的后测成绩显著高于前测成绩。参与者在完成教程后对自己有关儿童虐待的知识评价显著更高，并表示喜欢网络形式的自主学习。
总体而言，本研究证明了一个简短的在线教程在向未来的法定报告人传播与儿童虐待识别和报告相关信息方面的有效性。在大约1小时的在线培训中，参与者对报告程序的知识有所增加。建议将基于网络的培训作为一种有效且便捷的教学方法，特别是针对儿童虐待问题。
