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Abstract

An appropriate tsunami evacuation behavior is effective in reducing human casualties from tsunamis. One of the ways to promote their behaviors is learning about disaster risk reduction especially preparedness before a disaster occurs. Thus, many elementary schools and junior high schools in Japan have been conducting disaster education programs to learn about disaster risks in their community. In this study, we incorporate interview survey into disaster education program and study the learning effects of interviewing residents who experienced disaster about their experiences at the time of a disaster to be shared for the future. By concentrating on the residents’ experiences during the disaster, it is expected that the interviewer will be able to relive the residents’ behavior during the disaster. Furthermore, the interviewed residents’ experiences of disasters are expected to provide lessons on what actions to take and how to prepare for disasters, and to improve individual disaster preparedness. In addition to learning disaster risk reduction, it is expected that students will acquire abilities necessary for living, such as the ability to understand people's stories and the ability to communicate with others, through interviews. By conducting a questionnaire survey before and after the disaster education and statistically analyzing, we will clarify the effects of the disaster education including interviews on the ability to cope with disasters and on other abilities necessary for students’ life.