Learning Support Method to Induce Unsafe Evacuation Behavior by Simulated Disaster Experience

Abstract

It is quite simple for most residents to understand the knowledge of disaster prevention. However, people sometimes fail to apply such knowledge to take appropriate action, which is often referred to as knowledge-to-action gap. We advocate it is important for learners to have simulated experiences of dangerous situations as results of their intentional unsafe evacuation behaviors to resolve the gap. Because unsafe evacuation behaviors are likely to be taken as attempts to achieve an objective other than the ones with higher priority to ensure their own safety. In this study, we propose a learning support method to induce unsafe evacuation behaviors by exposing an objective to be achieved other than the primary safety. Evaluation of the developed prototype based on this method shows that our proposed method makes learners experience simulated dangerous situations through unsafe evacuation behavior, and experiencing a simulated hazard facilitated forming the intention of safe evacuation behavior.