A Study on the Factors Influencing the Safety of Indoor Space in Adjacent Kindergartens through Teacher Survey - Focusing on living safety and criminal safety -

Abstract

Due to the recent increasing demand for public education, the number of kindergartens attached to elementary schools, which are public kindergartens, is steadily increasing. However, in the case of kindergartens attached to elementary schools, living safety and criminal safety are concerned in the space used by elementary school students and infants together. Therefore, this study conducted a questionnaire survey on safety awareness and improvement measures for the components of each space for kindergarten teachers attached. Through this, we intend to propose improvement directions for creating a safe attached kindergarten environment by deriving the components of the indoor space of the attached kindergarten that affects the safety of infants. This study can conclude as follows. First, as the survey showed that the area of the space components had a high influence in all spaces, and the influence of the space components on the safety perception of each space was different for each space except the area, it was necessary to plan the space separately. Second, the entrance space with the lowest awareness of living safety has the highest influence on spatial safety awareness, so it is necessary to consider door plans that can be used safely by infants, such as installing anti-fingertility devices, removing thresholds, and installing market windows. Finally, the corridor/hall space, which has the lowest awareness of criminal safety, needs to be planned in an open structure that is easy to monitor and supervise teachers while securing a corridor/hall space for attached kindergartens. In future research, it is necessary to find a way to secure safety for the entire attached kindergarten space by expanding its area not only to the indoor space but also to the outdoor space of attached kindergarten students.