Laboratory- Safety Concepts of the Algerian-School Teachers

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to indentify the level of knowledge of the Algerian school teachers about the laboratory - safety concepts and ways. A laboratory Safety test (built up by us) had been applied on a sample consisting of 170 teachers of both sexes. The results have revealed that the knowledge of teachers about the laboratory safety ways differs between when dealing with experiments of their specialties or otherwise. Accordingly, the main resources of Laboratory- safety way of teachers are the university programmes -(with 54 %) and the programme-teaching sheets (with 50%).