A study on necessity of education and safety awareness to high school students when accessing laboratories

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the necessity of safety awareness and education regarding the use of laboratories, and to foster safety awareness during intramural and extracurricular activities in high schools. The study conducted a questionnaire to 290 eleventh grade students of three high schools located in Seoul. The collected data were statistically analyzed. The result illustrates that 64.8% of students have experienced safety education during a regular class, 6.6% have experienced accidents, and 68.0% have experienced safety education during field activities. The result concludes that there is a lack of prior safety education as well as overall low awareness on the necessity of safety education. In particular, students who have experienced safety education recognizes the necessity of emergency education regarding laboratory accident more than those who did not receive such education. Thus, a systematic management of laboratory safety education and multilateral management measures for students' safety are required. There is a relatively high correlation between safety intention of R&D and Education factors and Community and Laboratory Safety Education. As much as there is a high safety demand regarding the laboratory instruments and experiment, it shows high intention of safety lab operation as well as count measurement of lab accident . This study recommends developing a laboratory safety education program and management methods appropriate for high school students.

A Study on the Optimization of High School Buildings for Evacuation Safety: Classroom Layout and Ramps in Korea

“…Choi Seo-yeon and Lee Ha-yeon (2016) have been recognized as an essential and important factor in the prevention and management of accidents throughout society since the 2014 Ferry Sewol disaster, especially schools are preparing measures to prevent and manage accidents such as building a safety infrastructure foundation, educating students, and managing school safety [2].…”