Sustainable human resource development is important for the landscape field to contribute to the long-term reconstruction of areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. For this purpose, actual conditions of interest and knowledge about the disaster by students of landscape must be clar ified. In this study, a questionnaire and group work were conducted for university students specializing in the field. Then, introduction to learning process is discussed. First, the questionnaire was analyzed quantitatively to understand the degree of interest, knowledge, and motivation for action regarding the Great East Japan Earthquake. As a result, it was understood that the students have little knowledge of the disaster in sp ite of the high degree of interest. Next, information about the Great East Japan Earthquake that the students want to know and why became clear through group work. The text data was obtained and analyzed, applying a quantitative analysis method called SCAT. The interests of the students were classified into five types, and the reasons for the occurring interest were classified into four types. A large group can be formed by strongly connecting interest “interest for the consciousness of victims” and reason “interest in people”.
