Students’ knowledge of flood-prone locations around schools

Abstract

Knowledge of location has an important role in decision making, especially during a disaster. This study aimed to analyze the location knowledge of MTsN 5 Klaten students related to floods around the school. Knowledge of the location or the surrounding environment can be used to reduce the disaster risk, in order to increase student capacity. This research was quantitative research. The population of this study were all students at MTsN 5 Klaten, totalling 348 students. The research sample totalled 103 students who were taken by purposive sampling method. This method was taken because class IX students had experienced a flood at MTsN 5 Klaten. Data collection techniques used a questionnaire. The data analysis used descriptive statistics. The results of the study showed that the level of students’ knowledge of the location of the flood-prone area was included in the moderate category, with an average value of 75.01. Most of the students have a moderate category with a percentage of 76.7%. There were 9 students (8.7%) in the high category and 15 students (14.6%) included in the low category. The low score of location knowledge regarding distance calculations reflects the need for distance calculation training for students in order to increase students’ location knowledge of flood.