Avaliação da perceção do risco por parte dos profissionais de educação em Jardins-de-Infância do concelho da Maia

• Autor(a) principal: Tavares, João
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Azevedo, Rui, Vieira da Silva, Manuela
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/25972
• topic: Risk perception; Accidents/incidents; Spaces; Education; kindergarten

Children safety in preschool age doesn’t depend only in their actions, but also of the risk perception of kindergarten education professionals which interact continuously with these children. The present study aims to evaluate the perceived risk of kindergarten teachers and auxiliary teaching staff, and the types of accidents occurred with the children of the kindergarten. A survey, based on the Portuguese legislation and reference documentation, was applied to a sample of 34 kindergarten teachers and 34 auxiliary teaching staff. This evaluation comprised the perception of risk related to different spaces and subjects of the kindergarten (structural conditions, playground, equipment and materials, electrical hazards and emergency organization). The results obtained revealed no statistical difference between risk perception of the two professionals groups, both occupational categories answered in general according to the requirements in the Portuguese legislation. The results obtained in the analysis the surveys allow, note that the playground is the place with the greatest potential for danger in kindergartens. Risk perception for both groups of educational professionals seems to be quite similar. In this matter, communication, as well as experience sharing seems to have greater influence. It was verified that recreational time, this being the place where most accidents occur in the kindergarten.