Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine how teachers' confidence in disaster education for children is affected by
listening to the narratives of survivors of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. A disaster education questionnaire
was filled out by 17 teachers who attended a lecture by a bereaved family member of the disaster before and after the
event. The questionnaire consisted of 10 items of disaster education efficacy and a description of their impressions of
the lecture. The results showed that 6 of the 10 items significantly increased They suggest that listening to a lecture
by a survivor of a disaster may increase confidence in practicing disaster education. Analysis of the teachers’
impressions of the lecture showed that not only those who had experienced a disaster but also those who had not
experienced it had a heightened awareness of the need to hand down their stories. However, since the reliability and
validity of these 10 disaster education efficacy items have not yet been confirmed, this is a preliminary study.
