The importance of disaster mitigation literacy in social studies learning

Abstract

Education is one of the conscious and planned efforts in shaping the character of students for the cultivation of knowledge, attitudes, and skills. One of them is that social studies learning contributes to providing students’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills in dealing with disasters that are objective and subjective. In sustainable development efforts, social studies learning has a crucial role in reducing disaster risk. This paper aims to reveal that Indonesia is a disaster-prone country, especially in the community, one of which is the school environment. There are approximately 126,681 education units located in moderate and high disaster risk areas. Disaster literacy seeks to minimize disasters by providing knowledge about disasters, attitudes, and skills about disaster risk reduction. This research approach uses a literature review. The research results that have been carried out on disaster literacy show that there is still a lack of knowledge and understanding of social studies teachers and students related to disasters, lack of learning tool guidelines on disaster and disaster vulnerability: physical condition, facilities, and infrastructure of schools against catastrophe.

Investigating natural disaster literacy levels

“…This aspect includes the knowledge aspect consisting of disaster knowledge, preparedness knowledge and disaster response knowledge. Meanwhile, the second aspect of disaster literacy is disaster attitude which includes awareness of prevention, the value of prevention, a sense of responsibility [4,10,11,13]. The final aspect of disaster literacy is skills consisting of preparedness actions and response behavior.…”

“…In fact, Indonesia is ranked first out of 256 countries in the world which have a higher potential for tsunami disasters compared to Japan. Quoting from [1][2][3][4][5][6] there are six factors that make Indonesia the most disaster-prone country in the world, including: Indonesia is crossed by three large tectonic plate meetings that have the potential for earthquakes; Indonesia is also an active mountain range with 129 volcanoes and 80 of them have dangerous status and make Indonesia part of the "Ring of Fire", namely a collection of active volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean, giving the potential for volcanic eruptions and high slope areas. prone to landslides; Indonesia has the second longest line in the world and has the potential for a tsunami; Indonesia has a tropical climate which triggers floods, droughts, forest and land fires and abrasion; most of the Indonesia's population lives close to rivers, lakes and seas and in the foothills of mountains; Indonesian people's preparedness for disasters is very low.…”

Analisis Bibliometrik Tentang Mitigasi Bencana dan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan: Inisisasi Kebijakan Untuk Indonesia

“…Program-program pendidikan dan pelatihan yang meluas, yang mengintegrasikan literasi bencana, kesiapsiagaan, dan pengetahuan tentang tindakan mitigasi yang tepat, akan membantu meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat tentang risiko bencana dan memperkuat kapasitas mereka dalam menghadapi situasi darurat. Kolaborasi antara lembaga pendidikan, pemerintah, dan organisasi masyarakat akan menjadi kunci dalam menyusun dan melaksanakan program-program ini secara efektif (Aung & Lim, 2021;Juhadi et al, 2021;Logayah et al, 2022).…”

Strengthening East Java Contextual Disaster Literacy in Social Science Learning

“…IPS helps communities and stakeholders understand the social, cultural, economic, and political contexts that influence how they face and respond to natural disasters. Social science helps in analyzing disaster risks specific to East Java by considering social factors, such as population distribution, settlement patterns, economic level, and community behavior (Fajar et al, 2022); assists in identifying the most vulnerable areas and designing mitigation strategies that are appropriate to local social conditions (Logayah et al, 2022). In addition, IPS also helps understand people's perceptions regarding disaster risk, which can influence their preparedness and response (Şentürk, 2023).…”