A Model of Local Content Disaster-Based Curriculum at Elementary Schools

Abstract

West Sumatera geographical conditions are prone to natural disasters and earthquakes, resulting in people vulnerable to becoming victims. This is especially true for students, because they do not have the capacity to face earthquake disasters. Therefore, it is important to equip learners systematically and massively on a wide range of knowledge, attitudes/values, and basic skills required by the curriculum in schools in order to minimize the risk of earthquakes. Related to this, the present study was conducted in order to produce a model of local content disaster-based curriculum, especially about earthquakes, for elementary school students. This research was developed by using a conceptual model comprised of several stages: a literature review, a needs analysis, development of the draft, validation/expert tests, revisions, activities of focus group discussions, and finalization of models. The data was obtained from various elements of information that were relevant to earthquakes through questionnaires, the assessment format, and recording of the activities of focus group discussions; these methods were analyzed by using a descriptive qualitative analysis. The results of this development were the formulation of course objectives, competency standards, basic competencies, subject matter, approaches to learning, teaching methods, and types of assessment. These components are interrelated to one another and have clear ideas, are comprehensive, and are positioned to equip students to be functional in the face of an earthquake.

Spatial Information Learning to Improve Consciousness and Attitude Towards Disasters

“…Therefore, each learning style promotes a different approach to the individual's learning process [13,14]. The common learning styles are classified into three types based on the differences in learning features and implementation; these styles are visual, auditory and kinesthetic [15,16].…”

“…The different percentages in the participants' attitude also indicate several causal factors. These factors include personal experiences and surrounding influences which are considered to matter [16]. Personal experiential factors can create a gap in understanding of the disaster context.…”

Heralding Ideas of a Resilient Nation through Education of Disaster Science in 21st Century

“…Education is the biggest strategy for human development and is a force that pushes the nation towards perpetual growth (Bentri, 2017;Komac et al, 2013;Singh, 2007). Recent studies accorded for Disaster science education as a universally applicable tool for future progress in reducing these disaster losses (Achora and Kamanyire, 2016;Viscusi and Zeckhauser, 2006;Takahashi et al, 2015;D Selby and Kagawa, 2012).…”

“…Educating people on disasters prevent new and reduce existing disaster risk. Earlier writers (Lal et al, 2012;Komac et al, 2013;Bentri, 2017) stressed for an efficacious disaster plan based on the accurate understanding of disaster risks in all its dimensions of exposure to people and assets, hazard characteristics, vulnerability and capacity-building response in an area. The role of disaster science education thus becomes undeniably crucial in understanding disasters and their risks (Viscusi and Zeckhauser, 2006;Achora and Kamanyire, 2016;Codreanu et al, 2014).…”

“…(Galperin and Wilkinson, 2015;Bernhardsdottir et al, 2016;Takahashi et al, 2015;D Selby and Kagawa, 2012) emphasized the importance of establishing a nationallevel comprehensive school disaster management plan for child safety and protection. The Bangkok Action Agenda of 2007, recommended encouraging education departments to form a concrete policy of integrating disaster risk reduction into school science curricula with adequate participatory mechanisms in formal and non-formal education for DRR (Bentri, 2017). (Komac et al, 2013;Sauerborn and Ebi, 2012;United Nations, 2019) substantiated the claim that long-run disaster reduction policies require efforts to improve the disaster education for a foolproof DRR.…”