,Orhan ERDEN ,Gülşah AYKURT
Ergonomic Evaluation and Rearrangement of Student Desks and Tables in Secondary School, Practice in Ankara Region
The purpose of this study is to discuss the suitability of ergonomic criteria of student desks and tables in secondary school. Anthropometric measures are structured according to nation, region, gender, age, body structure, nutrition, physical activity, and even economic and social status. Their comfort, physical health, well-being and performance in the environments where people are located can be increased by designing the tools-materials and equipment in accordance with the relevant organs and features of the human body. In particular, this is a protective posture that spends most of its time on desks and tables. In this way, it is aimed to design the school desks and tables according to anthropometric measurements of our country students. Within the scope of the research, a total of 700 students, 324 girls and 376 boys, who still continue their education and who do not have a physical disability, are working in the Şehit Şükrü Can Kayadibi Secondary School from Ankara-Altındağ district. In Ankara-Altındağ Districts, it tried to be presented at the desks and tables design stage suitable for its students.
Keywords: Anthropometry, ergonomics, Ergonomic desks and tables, students
Ergonomic Evaluation and Rearrangement of Student Desks and Tables in Secondary School, Practice in Ankara Region
The purpose of this study is to discuss the suitability of ergonomic criteria of student desks and tables in secondary school. Anthropometric measures are structured according to nation, region, gender, age, body structure, nutrition, physical activity, and even economic and social status. Their comfort, physical health, well-being and performance in the environments where people are located can be increased by designing the tools-materials and equipment in accordance with the relevant organs and features of the human body. In particular, this is a protective posture that spends most of its time on desks and tables. In this way, it is aimed to design the school desks and tables according to anthropometric measurements of our country students. Within the scope of the research, a total of 700 students, 324 girls and 376 boys, who still continue their education and who do not have a physical disability, are working in the Şehit Şükrü Can Kayadibi Secondary School from Ankara-Altındağ district. In Ankara-Altındağ Districts, it tried to be presented at the desks and tables design stage suitable for its students.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Anthropometry, ergonomics, Ergonomic desks and tables, students
Page Range: 49-58
For Cited
Aykurt, F., Erden, O. & Aykurt, G. (2021). Ergonomic Evaluation and Rearrangement of Student Desks and Tables in Secondary School, Practice in Ankara Region. Journal of Current Researches on Educational Studies, 11 (1), 49-58.