2014 Volume 24 Pages 161-169
The Saitama Prefecture Tornado Disaster on September 2nd in 2013 caused big damage to elementary schools and junior high schools in the tornado route neighborhood, and exposed the lack of the disaster management education program concerning the student's appropriate correspondence behavior when the tornado occurred. Kumagaya (in Saitama prefecture) Local Meteorological Observatory conducted a questionnaire survey to students of five tornadodamaged school with Saitama Prefecture Board of Education and their schools. They clarified the student did not understand danger of the tornado and an appropriate correspondence action by the survey. They developed a learning program about response behavior and evacuation drill after/during tornado and showed that student's responsive competencies had improved with the educational program measuring effectiveness measurement.
