ABSTRACT

Situational awareness, which informs the decisions made by sea kayaking guides, is a critical safety factor in guided sea kayaking experiences. This study examines the situational awareness of a group of sea kayak guides operating in moderate water conditions. Utilising virtual reality technology, a freeze probe technique was employed with a small group of sea kayak guides. The findings suggest that the guides’ recognition and understanding of key informational cues lacked both comprehension of their meaning and the ability to project their future impact on the situation. It is proposed that sea kayaking guide training needs to provide better comprehension of the (emerging) situations guides may experience as well as a capacity to predict the potential impacts of those situations. Improvements in metacognition and perception/action associations, rather than simple attention to the situation, are also a useful potential avenue to explore.

摘要

情境意识为海上皮划艇向导的决策提供信息，是指导海上皮划艇体验的关键安全因素。这项研究检查了一组在中等水域条件下操作的海上皮划艇向导的情境意识。利用虚拟现实技术，对一小群海上皮划艇向导采用了冻结探测技术。研究结果表明，向导对关键信息线索的认识和理解缺乏对它们意义的理解，也缺乏预测它们对情况的未来影响的能力。建议海上皮划艇导游培训需要更好地理解导游可能遇到的（新兴）情况以及预测这些情况的潜在影响的能力。元认知和感知/动作关联的改进，