2023 Volume 79 Issue 24 Article ID: 23-24011
In this study, we analyzed the effects of flood education in elementary schools in Mie Prefecture, where flood education is provided, through a questionnaire survey, from two perspectives: the temporal persistence of the educational effects of flood education, and the ripple effects of flood education on the surroundings, such as families. In other words, we investigated not only the temporary educational effects of flood education on individual children, but also some of the long-term and social effects.
As a result, the educational effect was most strongly expressed as self-help awareness, and as a temporal persistence, apossibilityof declining the educational effect was confirmed from the comparative survey after two years. In addition, the effect of the education on the households was found to have a significant influence on their daily interactions with each other.
The results of this study confirm once again the need to discuss the effects of flood education from multiple perspectives.
