Safety in schools: an integral approach
The article" Safety in schools: an integral approach "written by Gairín Joaquin and Diego Castro. Has been published in the latest edition of "International Journal of Leadership in Education. Theory and Practice ".
Safety of school installations has always been a constant concern of the educational community. Schools have the responsibility and obligation to ensure safe and healthy spaces for teachers and other staff, who develop their daily activities in these institutions, as for recipients of educational services.
Although the activities performed by schools not listed with a high level of risk, there are certain factors that negatively influence the safety of users of these institutions: the age of the users (children and young people, often do not have an adequate perception of the risks and dangers to which they are exposed), high occupancy of facilities in certain peak hours and poor buildings and facilities lack of proper maintenance.
The article summarizes a research project on integral security in schools. The particular objective of this research has been, firstly, to assess the level of integral security in schools, secondly, to propose strategies in order to improve prevention and security systems and, thirdly, to identify the characteristics of the safety culture. The work has developed from data collected from 20 schools in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, using two instruments: questionnaires and focus groups, with a qualitative methodological orientation in field work.
The results show that safety issues require a broad level of responsibility in the personnel of management to spend a significant amount of time, especially when they have been involved in aspects of educational management for several years. Schools are normally directed to security from a reactive point of view, but a precautionary approach, because in most of the cases protocols are designed for action once they have experienced any previous accident. The results open up new possibilities to examine perceptions of safety in schools, incorporating safety procedures on management activities and creating relationships and educational activities for school administrators.
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