Attitudes Toward Safety of Day-Care Students: The Case of Save the Children Korea
by
Y.Hong
Abstract
This study focuses on the safety of day care children from families of low socioeconomic status (SES) because because their financial instability and lack of parental support are more likely to expose these students danger than other students. For this, the study considers the nursery schools managed by Save the Children in Korea because all these schools have children from low-SES families. According to the results, parents were generally satisfied with their children’s safety. As expected, there was some gender difference in parents’ perception of the safety of their children, but the difference was only slight and nonsignificant. More specifically, parents were slightly more likely to be concerned about the safety of their female children than their male children. Teachers also perceived the safety of their students, and children generally had favorable attitudes toward their own safety (based on their discussions with their teachers). There was a slight difference between teachers and students in terms of their safety perceptions, and it was nonsignificant. These results have important practical implications, and some limitations as well as interesting avenues for future research are discussed.
Keywords: Safety, Day Care, Students, Classroom, Commute, Save the Children, Korea