2013 Volume 52 Pages 153-161
This article reviews recent risk management and disaster prevention education in Japan. Risk management education is defined as understanding the features of risk, risk assessment methods, the perception of risk, and risk communication to appropriately govern risks. Disaster prevention education is defined as understanding the effective preparedness and behaviors required for protection against disasters. First, certain fundamental contents and practices of risk management education are introduced. Then, the type of risk literacy required and the means of cultivatinge people who effectively understand risk literacy are discussed. Next, risk management education is effectively addressed using dyadic discussions. In addition, learning tools and practices of disaster prevention education are introduced, and the importance of disaster prevention education focusing on self-efficacy, which is essential to overcome difficulty, is discussed.
