Conceptualization of Disaster Management Education Programs for Elementary Students at Children’s Center

- case study of practices of viewpoint of ordinary people at Asso Children's Center in Kamitonda Town, Wakayama Prefecture, JAPAN -

Abstract

This study categorized the disaster management education programs at the children's center in Kamitonda Town, Wakayama Prefecture, developed a model based on analyses, and suggested a conceptualized school disaster management education. This program is a program where housekeepers are developing for the purpose of “learning disaster responses in daily life” from viewpoint of ordinary people. Since 2007, more than 160 programs have been practiced. In this study, these programs were organized based on learning objectives, and evaluated using the three pillars of qualities and abilities of the new educational guidelines in Japan. We also examined and proposed whether these activities could be applied to disaster management education in future school education programs.