2024 Volume 45 Pages 73-82
In this study, we designed a disaster management human resource development program to analyze issues from the viewpoints of others and create solutions, with the aim of improving the local community's mutual aid ability. In the program, based on the "persona method" used in service development and the processes of "systems thinking" and "design thinking", participants test hypotheses from others' perspectives through fieldwork, define problems, and create solution scenarios. The effectiveness of the program was evaluated through classes at junior high school. Before and after the experiment, a rubric-based questionnaire was administered from the perspective of developing human resources for community disaster management, and responses were received from 68 third-year students in 2022 and 75 second-year students in 2023. The results of the questionnaire showed that the "human resource development" aspect of the rubric has increased, and the ability to communicate what they have learned to others has improved. In addition, free descriptions in the questionnaire revealed that the acquisition of others' viewpoints was linked to learning. Thus, the program was shown to have a certain effect on improving the community's ability to help each other.
