Analysis of Disaster Awareness Perception Levels of Students in Social Studies Teaching Undergraduate Program

Abstract

Disasters are known as calamities affecting all humanity on earth and have adverse impacts on human life in various ways. Although many natural disasters cannot be prevented, their adverse effects on people can be mitigated. It is important to raise the awareness of people about disasters, whether they are caused by human effects or nature. Disaster education plays an important role in raising this awareness. The study group of the study consists of 172 teacher candidates receiving education in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades of the department of social studies teaching in a state university located in the Central Anatolia region. In order to measure the disaster awareness of the teacher candidates, the scanning pattern included under the quantitative study method has been used. T-test and ANOVA has been utilized in the analysis of disaster awareness perception scale. As the result of the analysis; in the sub-dimensions of disaster education awareness, pre-disaster awareness, false disaster awareness and post-disaster awareness, the teacher candidates have been evaluated according to their gender, their general academic average scores, their participation in a conference or a panel and according to their homework, presentation or project preparing status. Based on the results of the research, in order for the teacher candidates to gain the right disaster awareness, it has been recommended that they should be provided with disaster awareness courses in their undergraduate curriculum, that they should take part in various research projects, and attend various symposiums, congresses related with disaster awareness.

A Research on Vocational School Students within the Framework of Disaster Awareness and Disaster Preparedness Levels

“…When the literature is analyzed, it is understood that gender variable shows a difference in terms of disaster preparedness and awareness. In our study, the disaster preparedness and awareness levels of both females and males are above the average, and the results of disaster awareness are statistically parallel with the study of Türksever (2021).…”

“…In the Pre-Disaster Awareness dimension, no difference was found regarding gender. Türksever (2021) found no significant difference between gender groups in all sub-dimensions of disaster awareness. Tekin (2020) found that the average of females was higher in the false disaster awareness dimension regarding gender and did not detect any difference between other sub-dimensions.…”

“…Various studies have been conducted in the literature on disaster preparedness or disaster awareness (Koçak, 2004;Scolobig et al, 2012;Donahue et al, 2014;URL 1;ChungHee et al, 2015;Ozkazanc and Yuksel, 2015;Tanner and Doberstein, 2015;Bhat et al, 2017;Ağahan, 2018;Dökmeci and Merinç, 2018;Şahin et al, 2018;Tkachuck et al, 2018;Dikmenli and Yakar, 2019;Avcı et al, 2020;Cerulli et al, 2020;Ertuğrul and Ünal, 2020;Rogayan and Dollete, 2020;Oyanık and Cengiz, 2020;Suryaratri et al, 2020;Aras et al, 2021;Tekin and Dikmenli, 2021;Türksever, 2021;Demirci, 2021;Aslantaş and Tabuk, 2021;Dinçer and Kumru, 2021;Şahan and Dinç, 2021a;2021b;Hasan et al, 2022;Bor, 2023). The hypotheses put forward for the purpose of the study are as follows:…”

College Students and Environmental Disasters: A Review of the Literature

“…Teaching candidates or those enrolled in education fields should have the option to gain the necessary disaster awareness through disaster awareness courses in their undergraduate curriculum, participating in various research projects, and attending symposiums and congresses related to disaster awareness. This comprehensive approach can contribute to a more informed and prepared community that can continue to spread disaster awareness and education (Türksever 2021).…”

Öğretmen Adaylarının Deprem Farkındalığına İlişkin Görüşleri

“…Bu sonuç, bazı yanılgıların rapor edildiği araştırmalar haricinde (Öcal 2007, Cin 2010, Kaya ve Aladag 2017, son yıllarda gerçekleştirilen diğer çalışmalarla, özellikle coğrafya ve sosyal bilgiler öğretmen adaylarının örneklem grubunu oluşturduğu araştırmalardan elde edilen "deprem farkındalığı" bulgularıyla büyük oranda uyumludur (Öcal ve diğ. 2016, Aydin 2019, Sozcu 2020, Genc ve Sozen 2021, Turksever 2021. Kaya ve Aladag (2017) her ne kadar deprem ile ilgili bazı yanılgılar ve inanışlar olduğunu vurgulasa da, "deprem önlem alınması gereken bir doğa olayıdır, doğal afettir, fay kırılması sonucu oluşur, sallanmalar yaratır, plansız yapılaşma ile felakete dönüşür" gibi ifadelerin yer aldığı araştırmalarında, "deprem nedir" kavramının bilimsel tanımla öğrenildiği ve zihinlerde doğru yapılandırıldığı sonucuna ulaşmışlardır.…”