Lifelong Learn. 2015, 5, 95-112

https://doi.org/10.11118/lifele2015050395

Prevention of Armed Attacks at Schools as a Part of Emergency Situations Didactics

Miroslava Kovaříková

Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Pedagogická fakulta, Katedra pedagogiky, Magdalény Rettigové 4, 116 39 Praha, Czech Republic

Received February 10, 2015
Accepted July 8, 2015

This article deals with the issue of security management and its following application in education. The article focuses on the topic of armed attacks at schools. Based on a research probe aimed at teachers which focused on perception of security risks, there are chosen areas to which Central emergency system services should react. Further, knowledge of technical and organizational measures of emergency plans in the organization and the level of attention paid to this issue by the school management were investigated. In the text there are also international models of solutions of this issue introduced. The contribution also brings outline of how is the issue solved in the European Union countries, in particular in the Kingdom of Spain. Experience with the solution of security issues of schools in Latin America are also mentioned. In the conclusion the summary of measures for improvement of security at schools is presented.