職前幼教師的幼兒園戶外遊戲場環境安全認知能力之研究

An Study on Early Childhood Pre-service Teachers' Perception of Kindergarten's Outdoor Playground Safety

本研究的目的在於探討職前幼教師對於幼兒園所戶外遊戲場環境安全的認知能力，分析職前幼教師的幼兒安全照護能力與缺失，進一步對於職前幼教師的訓練與課程提出建議。研究方法為問卷調查法與內容分析法。研究對象為某科技大學幼保系四年級學生，採用立意取樣，受試者總人數共30人。研究工具為「幼兒園所戶外遊戲場環境安全問卷」採用開放式作答，評分者信度為95。研究結果發現：1.職前幼教師對於遊戲場週遭環境安全認知能力為良好，主要反應在遊戲設施是否具備適當的鋪面，且與其他設施有足夠的安全距離等的安全檢核；2.然而，他們仍缺乏考量遊戲場週遭環境是否存在有毒植物與危險物品，以及遊戲設施是否設有安全告示牌，與遊戲設施的地椿埋設深度是否足夠等環境安全認知的向度。3.除了鞦韆與沙坑遊戲設施之外，職前幼教師對於戶外遊戲場的安全認知能力，火多數只能表現於遊戲場週遭環境安全的注意，而缺乏對於遊戲設施本身的安全檢核的認知能力。

This study was to investigate early childhood pre-service teachers' perception of kindergarten's outdoor playground safety. It is analyzed that early childhood pre-service teachers' ability on the playground safety care for child. The research method is survey by questionnaire. The samples consisted of thirty early childhood pre-service teachers according on purposive sampling from a university of science and technology in south of Taiwan. An author-constructed questionnaire, named the questionnaire of kindergarten's outdoor playground safety was designed by containing four open-ended questions to confirm early childhood pre-service teachers' perception of kindergarten's outdoor playground safety. The results of this study showed that: (1) Early childhood pre-service teachers had better perceptions of kindergarten's outdoor playground safety on the environmental cognition, especially in whether playground equipments placed in a suitable protective surface, and had the safety distance from the others. (2) They failed to discriminate toxic plant from other plant by their appearance, and remove them and dangerous objects around playground facilities. (3) They also lacked applicably professional knowledge to make their perceptions whether kindergarten's outdoor playground equipments were safety such as safety framework of playground facilities, safely staking depth of the playground equipments, safety placard, etc.