A Study of the Crisis Management of Campus Accidents in Taipei Junior High Schools

[[abstract]]The purpose of this study was aimed to understand the crisis management of campus accidents in all junior high schools of Taipei. The data collection instrument was a self-designed quantitative questionnaire. This research has study by directors of student affairs and section chief-disciplines. Through 86 junior high schools in Taipei, this research do pre-examined of 24 schools, only do questionnaires of 62 schools. In total questionnaires, 124 were distributed, 120 copies of them retrieved, and 118 effective. Data was analyzed by SPSS 13.0 for Windows with methods of single-choice and multiple-choice frequency statistics and Pearson?s product-moment correlation analysis. Based on the results, major findings are summarized as the follows: 1.The most frequency of junior high schools campus accident was “injury caused by sports and games” in Taipei. 2.All of the junior high schools in Taipei have had crisis management plans respectively. 3.When choosing the team members of crisis management for campus accident, subjects agreed that job factor as the main choosing criteria. 4.Crisis management training plan about campus accident in junior high schools in Taipei, which takes place at lease once in an academic year, is 78.8%. 5.The most pressing task for crisis management of campus accident was “the propagating the consciousness of campus accident”. 6.The related knowledge and training of crisis management of campus accident are mainly gained from “experience of the past job”. 7.In junior high school, the conducted job in crisis management for campus accident mainly was “building a crisis management team”. 8.When the campus accident took place, “director of academic affairs” was the main person chosen to be the spokesperson. 9.When dealing with crisis of the campus accident, schools mainly held an “open attitude toward mass media”. 10.When dealing with crisis of the campus accident, “members in the mass media” were mainly viewed with difficulty in communicating. 11.The obstacle in the crisis management of the campus accident mainly were “unfamiliarity in laws”. 12.The greatest difficulty in the planning and organizational operation of campus crisis response is “did not regularly hold campus crisis simulation trainings.” 13.The aspect in the cognition and operation of campus crisis management in Taipei City’s junior high schools that require the most reinforcement is “related legal knowledge.” 14.The level of value placed on the content of campus crisis response by the respondents is between “medium/high” and “high.” 15.The initial, middle, and latter stages of campus crisis management are significantly and positively correlated with each other, showing that the better management during the initial stage in campus crisis, the better the performance during the middle and latter stages. Lastly, based on the findings and conclusions, relevant suggestions are proposed to serve as the reference for educators and future researchers on campus crisis response in education organizations and schools.