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- What I do for DRR education and how I can contribute to this site
- Justin Sharpe is a geography teacher and PhD candidate at Kings College London, in the UK. He is both a researcher and activist developing and promoting effective education for disaster risk reduction. This involves developing curriculum materials, teaching, reflecting and changing where necessary. These materials can be viewed on the edu4drr network site for teachers and educators involved in disaster prevention education at http://www.edu4drr.ning.com. The curriculum material uses a range of pedagogies to enable students to access the curriculum effectively while allowing them to take responsibility for their own safety and preparedness. In particular multiple intelligence theory has been applied to the development and delivery of this curriculum alongside experiential learning. The use of multi-media techniques in teaching, learning and sharing of knowledge has been used to engage and motivate students in the process of disaster preparation. In order to further support disaster prevention education, Justin Sharpe developed a website and pioneered in use of vodcasts and youtube videos for peer-to-peer learning. These can be viewed at < ahref="http://www.edu4hazards.org">www.edu4hazards.org which is available in a variety of languages and has a dedicated teachers area to help support the use of both the website and the teaching of the curriculum.
Justin Sharpe has been sharing both his research and curriculum development at a variety of levels (Local, National and International), presenting academic papers and making presentations. He has also been able to observe and evaluate drills in Los Angeles and Taiwan, feeding back to the agencies that organised these events with the aim of making them meaningful experiences for both students and teachers. Within his own school he has set up an emergency planning group which is now responsible for planning and delivery of policy, the training of staff and the execution of drills to test the effectiveness of such strategies.
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Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) is one of Germany’s largest and oldest social welfare organisations. ASB’s
Indonesia Office is seeking to build on its reputation as a regional leader in providing disaster risk reduction
(DRR) and educational solutio...
Beryl,
Thanks for the support! There are a number of resources that I have developed on this site that I have developed which may also be of use, perhaps not in their current state which has an emphasis on UK flooding for instance, but could easil...
So what's the point of talking about education, drills, planning in schools etc if the students don't know what is expected of them. In most drills that I have see students are relatively passive participants. I have also been running training as ...
Thanks for posting this Himadri! There are some very interesting ideas in this list as well as useful points for schools to be following.
A place to add docs and information or let others in the group know when you have news, views or ideas. Includes a google docs widget as well!
This technology could easily be used by students to map hazards in their local area or even around their school as well as providing information about safe places, evacuation routes etc. I will be talking more about this next week at the Japan-UK ...
Children in Moldova learn about Avian Flu and human symptoms at school but also PRACTICAL measures for prevention that connects with the children AND their families, leading them to put in place practical measures for prevention! A UNICEF programme.
An engineering and education project using straw built houses to withstand earthquakes...Interesting ideas and testing that they want to take further by teaching local people how to construct these for themselves. This could also apply to schools ...
Clip on youtube from the TV show 'Scrubs', which shows how germs are spread - good tool for H1N1 education - for older kids and adults too!
Video from BBc shows what happens when homes are flooded, what structural protection measures can be implemented for homes and a look at 'invisible' flood protection for local authorities. However no mention of non-structural protection measures, ...
Two families are given ten minutes to evacuate their homes - But which one are you - What lessons can be learned from this video - And how can we get this message across - This video may be a good start...
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A model on a shake table reacts to being shaken in different ways - See what happens when an interior wall is taken down!
Second Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction at Geneva, Switzerland
June 15, 2009 at 8:30am to June 19, 2009 at 5pm
UNISDR Global Platform. Includes meetings of Thematic Platform for Knowledge and Education and Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction.
Great new resource from the NHS (National Health Service) aimed at getting younger children to wash their hands, these can be used as posters or as stories to share with the class! Good to see this here in the UK! BUT...Do you know of anything s...
Folwing the 1999 Chi--Chi earthquake in Taiwan, this school was found to be partially collapsed and severly damaged. Rather than just bulldozing the site and starting again, the government decided to turn it into a museum as a reminder for all to ...
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ASB Job vacancy - Inclusion and DRR Manager
Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) is one of Germany’s largest and oldest social welfare organisations. ASB’s
Indonesia Office is seeking to build on its reputation as a regional leader in providing disaster risk reduction
(DRR) and educational solutions for people with disabilities. ASB Indonesia is seeking an experienced
manager to oversee and deliver an institutional capacity building project on inclusive education funded
by the EC. The project is to be implemented in close collaboration with Yogy… Continue
Indonesia Office is seeking to build on its reputation as a regional leader in providing disaster risk reduction
(DRR) and educational solutions for people with disabilities. ASB Indonesia is seeking an experienced
manager to oversee and deliver an institutional capacity building project on inclusive education funded
by the EC. The project is to be implemented in close collaboration with Yogy… Continue
Posted on October 16, 2009 at 9:51am —
Get children involved and EDUCATED in drills!
So what's the point of talking about education, drills, planning in schools etc if the students don't know what is expected of them. In most drills that I have see students are relatively passive participants. I have also been running training as part of INSET to teachers and leaders at my school which included table top exercises. I had teachers take on different roles for a variety of likely situations: Lockdown, Bomb Threat and a road traffic accident outside of school. As there is a high vol… Continue
Posted on September 28, 2009 at 7:30pm —
Dirty Bertie has revolting habits...
Great new resource from the NHS (National Health Service) aimed at getting younger children to wash their hands, these can be used as posters or as stories to share with the class! Good to see this here in the UK! BUT...Do you know of anything similar? If so upload it to this blog… Continue
Posted on May 24, 2009 at 8:31am —
Coughs and Sneezes spread diseases
Worried about the potential for a pandemic flu outbreak and its possible effect on education, I have put together a short (five slide) PowerPoint presentation for anyone working with children and young people, which gives practical ad… Continue
Posted on April 27, 2009 at 8:30pm —
You can lead a horse to water....
I am currently writing a paper for a disaster prevention in education conference in Taiwan and so have been researching about new curriculum in general, alongside curriculum materials. What is becoming clear is that although there is an ever growing proliferation of educational materials, made to address different facets of a range of hazards and responses, this will not lead to education that helps people make changes to their lifestyles to become better prepared. This is for several reasons.… Continue
Posted on March 25, 2009 at 10:59am — 1 Comment
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- At 3:17am on August 2, 2009,
alex candra widodo said… - You said : 'Great photographs...There must be a story there...Why don't you share your experiences on the site and link to the photographs?'
Yup Justin. I would like to share my experience and method in edu-drr for the children, but my problem is I'm not so fluent to write it in English. Anyway, thanks to your advice, then I would like to try it.
- At 8:44pm on July 20, 2009,
Rebecca Carr said… - By the way, the number of people and from all over the world is very cool. I'm really happy to be a part of this.
- At 8:43pm on July 20, 2009,
Rebecca Carr said…
- Fair enough. I'll add some more info!:D
- At 12:43pm on May 22, 2009,
Katee Tsai said… - That is ok. I will upload them after I finish order those photo. ^^
- At 11:50am on April 13, 2009,
Sae Kani said…
- Dear Justin,
Thanks for your message. Yes, I agree with you. I am working in the development context which is very different from teaching environment in the west. In general, teachers’ qualities and motivation are low due to lack of resources and quality training for teachers. These teachers need a vision of what their teaching can bring to the children. From my experience, “Vision making” is one of the most important factor for building teachers’ motivation towards their teaching in general, which is beyond any particular methodologies or mechanisms. It is the basic principle, which most ToT training underestimate.
Imaginative and innovative teaching resources and tools can excite teachers who once upon the time enjoyed being a teacher. They get excited to think how children would react with exciting new teaching materials such as picture books, films or games. These materials can increase the motivation of teachers and of course for students as well.
As for specifically DRR education, most important thing is whether teachers can relate to the topic as you said. If they think that DRR has no relevance to their life, then whatever you try to do is waste of time. At the same time, giving a lecture of global warming /climate change and try to make them aware that it is relevant to their life, it is far too large for them to grasp in their daily reality that they just feel pessimistic, and they feel powerless. In my project, I am very careful with using an example of global climate change, because it often causes pessimism rather than optimism for change though DRR education. Instead we try to use very local examples which they can directly relate to and feel that they can make a difference.
DRR education is not a rocket science in my opinion. It is about how to reduce risks in their lives and try to learn how to save their lives in the event of disaster. Technicality of how to teach is not so much of the issue. As long as individuals feel the urgent need for DRR information, simply to save their lives, save their loved ones, DRR education would work effectively.
This is only my experience in LDCs context. Hope it would be any use to you.
Best regards,
sae
- At 6:58pm on March 23, 2009,
Roly Hermans said…
- You asked about how 'What's the Plan Stan' was disseminated.
Firstly, it was sent free to all schools in New Zealand, supported by a launch ceremony and advertisements in teacher publications. Some Civil Defence Officers round the country already had good contact with their local schools, so they were able to promote the new resource.
Secondly, we had a couple of rounds of workshops for teachers all over the country. These were advertised in the Education Gazette, and also promoted by local Civil Defence Officers, and so were well attended.
Thirdly, the resource is kept alive by having some sort of update each year - one year we produced a storybook and accompanying audio CD, last year we produced a version in the Maori language, and this year we're doing a full upgrade of the whole resource to align it to the new national curriculum.
I'll take a look at your UK resources over the next few days.
- At 11:02am on March 23, 2009,
Prasetio Wijaksono said… - Hi Justin
Replying to your comment to me, it is an honor for me to able to share my experiences regarding to school safety program in Indonesia's prone areas. I hope my experiences are useful to save children in other prone areas.
cheers
Prasetio
- At 9:35am on February 21, 2009,
Yasamin O. Izadkhah said… - Hi Justin
I noticed the following link in ADPC website.
http://www.adpc.net/v2007/
"Mainstreaming Disaster Reduction in the Education Sectir.. in Lao PDR, Philippines and Cambodia" (April 2008).
It might be worth of uploading in the site.
Cheers
Yasamin
- At 4:13am on December 5, 2008,
Patrizia Bitter said…
- Hi Justin, somehow I have signed up a second time, please delete my first and older acoount (same name and data, different foto). Thanks!
- At 11:15am on October 13, 2008,
Lany Verayanti said… - Dear Justin,
I have tried to put our video on the network but still have technical problem since last month. Is it possible if I send our film to your mail address and you help us to add them?
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ASB Job vacancy - Inclusion and DRR Manager
Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) is one of Germany’s largest and oldest social welfare organisations. ASB’s
Indonesia Office is seeking to build on its reputation as a regional leader in providing disaster risk reduction
(DRR) and educational solutions for people with disabilities. ASB Indonesia is seeking an experienced
manager to oversee and deliver an institutional capacity building project on inclusive education funded
by the EC. The project is to be implemented in close collaboration with Yogy… Continue
Indonesia Office is seeking to build on its reputation as a regional leader in providing disaster risk reduction
(DRR) and educational solutions for people with disabilities. ASB Indonesia is seeking an experienced
manager to oversee and deliver an institutional capacity building project on inclusive education funded
by the EC. The project is to be implemented in close collaboration with Yogy… Continue
Posted by Justin Sharpe on October 16, 2009 at 9:51am
DRR Competencies
I'm currently working in the Philippines on various DRR projects with schools and am wondering what DRR competencies have been developed. So many DRR activities are undertaken and that's good. But what are the competencies that these projects/activities are based on? Have some been developed? If so, where would I find them? I'd love to hear from folks, especially about DRR competencies related to schools. Thanks for any help you can give me. Beryl Cheal
Posted by Beryl Cheal on October 1, 2009 at 2:00am — 3 Comments
Get children involved and EDUCATED in drills!
So what's the point of talking about education, drills, planning in schools etc if the students don't know what is expected of them. In most drills that I have see students are relatively passive participants. I have also been running training as part of INSET to teachers and leaders at my school which included table top exercises. I had teachers take on different roles for a variety of likely situations: Lockdown, Bomb Threat and a road traffic accident outside of school. As there is a high vol… Continue
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