Enhancing Maritime Education and Training: Measuring a Ship Navigator's Stress Based on Salivary Amylase Activity

Autor/inn/en	Murai, Koji; Wakida, Shin-Ichi; Miyado, Takashi; Fukushi, Keiichi; Hayashi, Yuji; Stone, Laurie C.
Titel	Enhancing Maritime Education and Training: Measuring a Ship Navigator's Stress Based on Salivary Amylase Activity
Quelle	In: Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 6 (2009) 4, S.293-302 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-5659
DOI	10.1108/17415650911009272
Schlagwörter	Metabolism; Marine Education; Measurement Techniques; Administrators; Experiments; Training Methods; Safety; Field Experience Programs; Foreign Countries; Electronic Learning; Educational Technology; Computer Simulation; Technology Integration; Computer Software; Student Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; College Students; Navigation; Technology Uses in Education; Technical Education; Stress Variables; Anxiety; Safety Education; Accident Prevention; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stoffwechsel; Messtechnik; Erprobung; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Sicherheit; Praxisnahes Lernen; Ausland; Unterrichtsmedien; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Collegestudent; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Technikunterricht; Angst; Sicherheitserziehung; Accident statistics; Unfall; Statistik; Unfallstatistik
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose that the measurement of salivary amylase activity is an effective index to evaluate the stress of a ship navigator for safe navigation training and education. Design/methodology/approach: Evaluation comes from the simulator and actual on-board experiments. The subjects are real captains who have unlimited licenses and cadets who are senior students at Kobe University, navigation course. Stress is evaluated for several situations where a ship navigator makes a lot of decisions, in this case in a narrow passage, entering a port and leaving a port. Findings: Salivary amylase activity occurs when a ship navigator makes a decision regarding ship handling and collision avoidance. By measuring salivary amylase activity when a student is under duress, cadets' ship-handling training can be evaluated while onboard a vessel. Research limitations/implications: Future research will develop cross-indices with the salivary amylase activity and other physiological indices (nasal temperature and heart rate variability (R-R interval)), complementary to each other. The salivary amylase activity registers the stress quickly on the spot. Then the nasal temperature and R-R interval registers the trend and the quick response to the stress (mental workload). Practical implications: The paper describes an effective index which is useful for evaluating a ship navigator's stress for safe navigation. Originality/value: Ship navigator's skill and cadet's on-board training have been evaluated according to performance and a questionnaire as a quantitative evaluation; moreover, stress is evaluated using salivary amylase activity. (Contains 2 tables, 6 figures and 3 plates.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10