Special Issue (Paper (In Japanese))
EFFECTS OF ACTIVE LEARNING PROGRAM ON ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTER PREVENTION ON LOCAL RIVERS
2020 Volume 76 Issue 2 Pages I_75-I_80
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2020 Volume 76 Issue 2 Pages I_75-I_80
An active learning program that has integrated contents of environment and disaster prevention has been conducted since 2009 for 4th grade students of Mabuchi Elementary School in Omihachiman city, Shiga prefecture. In this study, in order to verify the effect of this program, two kinds of questionnaire surveys were conducted and their responses were analyzed by cross tabulation and chi-square test.
After learning in the program, the students had high level knowledge about evacuation routes and dangerous places in the school zone, evacuation timing, evacuation method, characteristics of local rivers and history of river restoration work as short-term learning effects. Furthermore, as long-term learning effects, junior high school students from Mabuchi Elementary School were more conscious of disaster prevention, e.g., awareness of flood damage such as reading hazard maps and river water level information, recognition of evacuation information issuance, and actual evacuation behavior, than students from other elementary schools. The results suggest the experience in the river and the active thinking process are affected by the local disaster prevention activities and the recent flood occurrence, and the effect is continuing.
