International Journal of Active Learning
Vol 8, No 1 (2023): April 2023

A Field Survey on Promotion of Safety in School Laboratories




Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2023

Abstract

A training activity was conducted in a technical high school aimed at promoting the health and safety culture in chemistry laboratories. 84 students were involved. Three seminar meetings and three laboratory workshops were held. At the beginning of the activity (T0) and at the end (T1) the following tools were given to the students: a questionnaire on the topics covered by the training activity; a questionnaire containing the general risk propensity scale and some additional questions relating to the perception of risk. A comparison of the data between T0 and T1 revealed an overall improvement in students’ ability to identify specific hazards, but it also highlighted the need to improve the good laboratory practices. Students tend to attribute a greater awareness to themselves than they are willing to acknowledge in their peers. It emerged a more effective promotion of risk-awareness rather than risk-management, as predictable, considering the short intervention time.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijal

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

International Journal of Active Learning p-ISSN 2528-505X | e-ISSN 2615-6377 is an international, refereed publication for all those who teach and support learning in Higher Education and those who undertake or use research into effective learning, teaching and assessment in universities and ...