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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2015.16.1.246

Safety Knowledge, Safety Control and Safety Performance in Early Childhood Teachers  

Kim, Soo Hyang (Division of Early Childhood Education, Uiduk University)
An, Aun Hei (Department of Education, Graduate School, Uiduk University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.16, no.1, 2015 , pp. 246-254 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted as a descriptive study with the aim of identifying the effects of safety knowledge and safety control on early childhood teachers' safety performance. Data collection for the study was carried out between October $10^{th}$ and $30^{th}$, 2014 by surveying 187 early childhood teachers working in child day care center and kindergarten located in P, K, & Y city. Measures were subjects' safety knowledge, safety control, and safety performance. For the analysis of the data, the statistical methods of frequency, mean and standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis were employed. When the category of safety performance was analyzed by general features, marital status, educational career, and degree of assistance of safety education, there were significant differences. Safety performance correlated positively with safety knowledge and safety control. Factors affecting early childhood teachers' safety performance were identified in the order of safety knowledge and safety control and the explanatory power was 60.0%. The findings of the study indicate that in order to increase early childhood teachers' safety performance, their safety knowledge and safety control have to be enhanced.
Keywords
Safety knowledge; Safety control; Safety performance;
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