Relationships between schoolchildren's attachment to guardians and their safety actions

Abstract

This study examined the relationships between schoolchildren's attachment to guardians and their safety actions. It also examined the effectiveness of using e-learning system to facilitate guardian's participation in safety education. One-hundred and eight schoolchildren (34 second-grade, 35 forth-grade, and 39 fifth-grade) and their guardians participated in this study. Safety educations were conducted at school by using e-learning system, which linked both school and home. Guardians could see the materials and their own child's answer in safety education at school through the internet. Schoolchildren answered the questionnaire before and after the education. Participations of guardians to the study were recorded by e-learning system. The results showed that before the safety educations, the relationships between schoolchildren's attachment to guardians and their safety actions were noticed only at fifth-grade schoolchildren. However, the expected relationships were noticed at all three grades after the educations. The ratios of guardian's participations were ranged from 11 % to 40 %. Developmental stages and procedure of re-study might affect the result of schoolchildren. Also, teacher's attitude toward guardians, or schoolchildren's motivation might affect the ratio of guardian's participations.