Proposal of an Experiential Education Program for Disaster Management to Develop "Zest for Life'' by "Evacuation Center Management Training'',  Which is Made by Students' Proactive Learning

－A Case Study on Shizugawa Junior High School, Minami-sanriku Town－

Abstract

We developed an disaster education program at Shizugawa Junior High School in Minami-sanriku town, Miyagi prefecture. This program conducts basic training such as emergency first aid, debris removal, and emergency warm meal service in the classes of integrated periods of study. The ultimate goal is to carry out "evacuation center management training" while having the students make a decision for themselves regardless of the predetermined scenario. Through experiential active learnings rather than classroom lectures, it is possible to foster the students' ability to balance knowledge, morality, and physical body (zest for life). We developed 47 items of "evacuation center response capability" scale in order to verify whether this training program nurtures the zest for life.