Disaster literacy level of teachers and students in secondary school case study in Surakarta City, Indonesia

Abstract

This article contains the level of information literacy and disaster literacy skills for teachers and secondary students in Surakarta in reviewing and responding to disaster information and symptoms of disasters. This article is based on Doyle’s theory that the most basic ability in information literacy is the ability to know the accuracy and completeness of information which is the basis for making sound decisions. Quantitative methods were used to test the ability of 20 teachers and 82 secondary students to examine the accuracy and completeness of disaster information and symptoms of disasters and the ability of teachers and secondary students to respond to disaster information and symptoms of disasters. the results presented in this article. First, the ability of information literacy in knowing the accuracy and completeness of information on teachers and secondary students is low because only 5.5% of teachers and 7.8% of students confirm the accuracy of disaster information, and only 5.2% of students who want to find the completeness of the information. Second, most teachers and secondary students generalize their responses to both disaster symptoms and disaster information, they will immediately evacuate if they receive disaster symptoms or information.

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“…Disaster literacy must be applied in the Indonesian curriculum (Ajar & Ronggowulan, 2022) considering that currently, the level of knowledge of the community including students in schools about disaster and disaster literacy is still low (Asshiddiqi, Vitasari, Biru, 2021). Although many school locations are located in disaster-prone areas, the level of awareness in terms of knowledge is not sufficient (Firaina, Apriani, Husniyah, Asrizal.…”