[G-04] Geoscience education from elementary school to university students

[G04-P05] A basic survey of children's awareness of earthquake disaster risk in cross-curriculum disaster prevention studies -A case at an elementary school in Awaji City-

*Tota Sakai^1,2, Takuro Ogura³, KOBAYASHI YUSUKE⁴ (1.Graduate School of Education, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, 2.Ura elementary school in Awaji City, 3.Faculty of Education, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, 4.Ritsumeikan University)

Keywords:disaster prevention study, questionare, 1995 Southern Hyogo earthquake, risk recognization, understand the actual situation, cross curriculum

Japan has many disaster risks, volcano, earthquake, flood disaster and so on. Various analyses are used as materials for risk recognition. On the other hand, in disaster prevention education, it has been pointed out that the focus is only on evacuation drills. There is a need for learning that provides a multifaceted understanding of natural disasters, such as cross-curricular. Systematic learning about earthquake disasters is difficult without understanding children's perception of risk and the actual situation. To build goals according to the developmental stages of children, we conducted a basic survey of children's earthquake disaster risk perception. The subjects were 682 1st to 6th-grade students from three elementary schools in Awaji City. They are located in the Awaji-Rokko fault zone, which recorded a seismic intensity of 6+ in the 1995 Hyogo Prefecture Southern Earthquake, and where a magnitude 7 class earthquake is expected to occur within the next 30 years. The questionnaire contents were: (1) Recognition of the Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake. (2) Recognition of secondary disasters; (3) Knowledge of preparation; (4) Frequency of family discussions; (5) Confidence in evacuation actions; (6) doubts about earthquakes. As a result, (1) 68% of 5th and 6th grade students answered that they knew when the Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake occurred. On the other hand, the correct answer rate regarding whether a tsunami occurred due to it was 35%. It is thought that influenced by the learning process, there is a perception that earthquakes always generate large tsunamis. (4) family discussions had 28% of the first-year students, reaching 52% of the sixth-year students. (6) It was also revealed that more than 50% of first graders have scientific questions, such as earthquake mechanisms. It is thought that there is a growing interest in the mechanisms and prediction methods of earthquakes and tsunamis, as well as knowledge in daily life.