ERGONOMICS OF WORKSTATION IN THE COMPUTER CLASSROOM AT A PRIMARY SCHOOL
Ergonomia stanowisk roboczych w pracowni komputerowej szkoły podstawowej

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the ergonomics of computer workstation at primary school. There were chosen 19 primary state schools (9 urban, 10 rural schools) what represented 27 computer classrooms in the Banska Bystrica Region (Slovak Republic). The survey was realized by elaborated questionnaire that was aimed at type of computers, display screen, keyboard, work desk and work surface, work chair, space requirement. We found that a big problem in all computer classrooms is stable table (monitor, keyboard is too high, not foot support) and chairs are without moving and impossibility of height adjustment, which results in uncomfortable seating for pupils from first to ninth grades.

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