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[G03-P09] Results of a survey of high school students on their perceptions of earthquakes
Keywords:high school, earthquake, perception, questionnaire survey
A questionnaire survey was conducted among high school students in both the Kanto and Kansai regions regarding their perceptions of earthquakes and earthquake disaster education.
In an analysis of the results of a questionnaire survey of high school students on their perceptions of earthquakes, Kawamura (2015) found that high school students in the Shikoku region were less willing to learn about earthquake and tsunami disaster prevention measures than those in the Tohoku region. The students in the Kinki region were less likely than those in the Kanto region to use TV programs on earthquakes, and more likely to be unaware of ocean-trench earthquakes and liquefaction. In particular, the lack of awareness of trench earthquakes suggests that high school students in the Kinki region may not be aware of the imminent seismic disaster caused by a Nankai earthquake. It is presumed that the earthquake disaster caused by the Nankai earthquake is significant. Have high school students in the Kinki district improved their awareness of earthquakes and tsunamis through school education since then? Therefore, in this report, we conducted another questionnaire survey of high school students in the Kinki and Kanto districts in 2022. In this presentation, we analyze and discuss some of the survey results regarding the actual status of high school students' knowledge and understanding of earthquakes and tsunamis, and their awareness of earthquake and tsunami research.
The survey was conducted from October to December 2022, and the questionnaires were distributed and collected from students through teachers at the schools where the survey was conducted. The items prepared for the survey were: respondent information, study history, sources of earthquake and disaster prevention knowledge, understanding of earthquakes and related phenomena, evaluation of earthquake, tsunami, and disaster prevention research, and desired items for research promotion.
Some results of the survey in Kinki district are summarized as follows.
(1) Sources of information on earthquakes include TV programs, lecturers' talks, and websites.
(2) About 20% of the students have an adequate understanding of earthquakes and related phenomena, such as the reasons for energy accumulation related to the occurrence of trench earthquakes.
(3) Half of the students have an understanding of the mechanism of tsunami generation as a sea-level phenomenon. Only a little more than 20% of the students have a correct understanding.
(4) More than 10% of the students correctly understood liquefaction. About a quarter of the students misidentify liquefaction as a sand eruption phenomenon.
The majority of students wish to promote research on earthquakes and tsunamis. The contents are disaster mitigation and prediction.
We would like to express our profound gratitude to the principals of the high schools that cooperated in this survey, to the teachers who were involved in the practical aspects of the survey, and to the high school students who cooperated in the survey.
In an analysis of the results of a questionnaire survey of high school students on their perceptions of earthquakes, Kawamura (2015) found that high school students in the Shikoku region were less willing to learn about earthquake and tsunami disaster prevention measures than those in the Tohoku region. The students in the Kinki region were less likely than those in the Kanto region to use TV programs on earthquakes, and more likely to be unaware of ocean-trench earthquakes and liquefaction. In particular, the lack of awareness of trench earthquakes suggests that high school students in the Kinki region may not be aware of the imminent seismic disaster caused by a Nankai earthquake. It is presumed that the earthquake disaster caused by the Nankai earthquake is significant. Have high school students in the Kinki district improved their awareness of earthquakes and tsunamis through school education since then? Therefore, in this report, we conducted another questionnaire survey of high school students in the Kinki and Kanto districts in 2022. In this presentation, we analyze and discuss some of the survey results regarding the actual status of high school students' knowledge and understanding of earthquakes and tsunamis, and their awareness of earthquake and tsunami research.
The survey was conducted from October to December 2022, and the questionnaires were distributed and collected from students through teachers at the schools where the survey was conducted. The items prepared for the survey were: respondent information, study history, sources of earthquake and disaster prevention knowledge, understanding of earthquakes and related phenomena, evaluation of earthquake, tsunami, and disaster prevention research, and desired items for research promotion.
Some results of the survey in Kinki district are summarized as follows.
(1) Sources of information on earthquakes include TV programs, lecturers' talks, and websites.
(2) About 20% of the students have an adequate understanding of earthquakes and related phenomena, such as the reasons for energy accumulation related to the occurrence of trench earthquakes.
(3) Half of the students have an understanding of the mechanism of tsunami generation as a sea-level phenomenon. Only a little more than 20% of the students have a correct understanding.
(4) More than 10% of the students correctly understood liquefaction. About a quarter of the students misidentify liquefaction as a sand eruption phenomenon.
The majority of students wish to promote research on earthquakes and tsunamis. The contents are disaster mitigation and prediction.
We would like to express our profound gratitude to the principals of the high schools that cooperated in this survey, to the teachers who were involved in the practical aspects of the survey, and to the high school students who cooperated in the survey.