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Teachers’ Perception of Factors Delaying Evacuation of School Children

Mobratt, Rikard LU (2023) VBRM01 20232
Division of Fire Safety Engineering
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to study teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, thus learning about children’s evacuation behavior. Questions of interest are teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, their behavior, if there are any misconceptions in the teachers’ perception and how fire evacuation drills influence the teachers’ perceptions. This was done through a questionnaire study where teachers of children of 6-12 years of age got to answer a questionnaire before and after an ordinary school fire evacuation drill. The results indicated that fire evacuation drills influence the teachers’ perception of children’s behavior and the teachers’ sense of having control over the situation. More experience corresponded... (More)
The aim of this thesis is to study teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, thus learning about children’s evacuation behavior. Questions of interest are teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, their behavior, if there are any misconceptions in the teachers’ perception and how fire evacuation drills influence the teachers’ perceptions. This was done through a questionnaire study where teachers of children of 6-12 years of age got to answer a questionnaire before and after an ordinary school fire evacuation drill. The results indicated that fire evacuation drills influence the teachers’ perception of children’s behavior and the teachers’ sense of having control over the situation. More experience corresponded to less belief in the panic misconception among children during a fire evacuation. The teachers’ answers qualitatively corresponded to the observations made during the fire evacuation drill. After the evacuation drill, the teachers could be assumed to have a perception of children’s behavior which reasonably corresponded to reality. (Less)
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author
Mobratt, Rikard LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Lärares Uppfattning av Faktorer som Fördröjer Evakuering av Skolbarn
course
VBRM01 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Evacuation, School children, Fire drill, Fire emergency evacuation, Elementary school, Teachers, Questionnaire Utrymning, Skolbarn, Utrymningsövning, Brandutrymning, Grundskola, Lärare, Enkät
report number
5619
other publication id
LUTVDG/TVBB—5619—SE
language
English
id
9139605
date added to LUP
2023-10-09 09:34:49
date last changed
2023-10-09 09:34:49
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this thesis is to study teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, thus learning about children’s evacuation behavior. Questions of interest are teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, their behavior, if there are any misconceptions in the teachers’ perception and how fire evacuation drills influence the teachers’ perceptions. This was done through a questionnaire study where teachers of children of 6-12 years of age got to answer a questionnaire before and after an ordinary school fire evacuation drill. The results indicated that fire evacuation drills influence the teachers’ perception of children’s behavior and the teachers’ sense of having control over the situation. More experience corresponded to less belief in the panic misconception among children during a fire evacuation. The teachers’ answers qualitatively corresponded to the observations made during the fire evacuation drill. After the evacuation drill, the teachers could be assumed to have a perception of children’s behavior which reasonably corresponded to reality.}},
  author       = {{Mobratt, Rikard}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Teachers’ Perception of Factors Delaying Evacuation of School Children}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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