The purpose of this study is to figure out current situation of safety education to improve safety awareness and practice in Korean school students. In order to do this, it is necessary to identify the current level of safety awareness and practice with the actual status of accident occurrence. Furthermore it is try to figure out the most influencing factors on the safety education for Korean middle and high school students. The 412 students were taken from a random sample. The samples were one class of 2nd grade students in five different middle schools and four different high schools in Seoul, Korea. The survey was conducted from 29 September 2010 through 15 October 2010. An additional samples for the questionnaires posted in web were collected. The 305 respondents from school students and 80 respondents from web survey were used to analyze for this study out of 800 respondents. SPSS was used to analyze the questionnaires. The overall safety-awareness score was relatively high at 4.56/5 for fire safety and 4.32/5 for traffic safety. Safety awareness was higher for girls than boys and also for high school students than middle school students. Safety education by parents at home gives a good impact on high safety practices. Safety awareness was improved by feeling of necessity for safety training. The safety prevention training provided during the class by teacher and home training by parents improved safety practice. The correct direction of safety education for younger students can be easier in future.

1. Introduction
 2. Method
  2.1 Study Measurement
  2.2 Analysis
 3. Results
  3.1 General Characteristics of Subjects
  3.2 Accident Experience
  3.3 General Trend of Safety Awareness
  3.4 Safety Awareness in Fire Safety
  3.5 Safety Awareness in Home Safety
  3.6 Safety Awareness in School Safety
  3.7 Safety Awareness in Transportation Safety
  3.8 Safety Awareness in First-Aid Safety
  3.9 Safety Awareness in Leisure Safety
  3.10 Safety Awareness in Other Safety
  3.11 Total Difference in Safety Awareness
  3.12 Difference Test in Safety Practice
  3.13 Relationship of Safety Awareness/Practice
 4. Discussion
 5. Conclusion
 Acknowledgements
 References

• 권영국(서울과학기술대학교 안전공학과) | Young Guk Kwon Corresponding Author