유아교사의 안전환경 관리 정도 및 안전교육 실천 정도에 따른 안전사고 발생과의 차이 = Early Childhood Teachers` Maintainence of Safe Environments and Provision of Safety Education for Preschool Children and their Effects on Reduction of Safety Accidents

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purposes of this study are to explain how often safety accidents happen in early childhood settings, how often preschool teachers maintain a safe environment, how often teachers provide safety education, and how much safe environment maintenance and safety education make a difference in the reduction of safety accidents. The research participants of this study were teachers in 75 preschools and 75 daycare centers located in Pusan and Chang-won areas. Questionnaires were delivered to them and only the completed 121 out of 150 questionnaires were processed for statistical analysies. Means and standard deviations were calculated and t-test were undertaken to answer research questions. The research findings were summarized as follows: First, the frequency of safety accidents were relatively lower in early childhood settings. Second, teachers maintenance of a Safe environment were relatively good. Third, preschool teachers overall did not provide safety education very often. Fourth, when teachers` maintenance of safe environments were examined to see how much they affect the occurrence of safety accidents, teachers who maintained safe environments more often had fewer accidents than teachers who did less often. Fifth, when the provisions of safety education were examined to find out whether it affects the occurrence of safety accidents, teachers who provided safety education more often had fewer safety accidents than teachers who did less often.