The New Trend of Disaster Mitigation Education in Japan

To have the students consolidate what they have learned by making the (wall) newspaper. Presentation using the (wall) newspaper will cultivate their positive and active attitude towards the presentation.

First set the tasks. For example, divide the students into some groups and give them the tasks to tackle with, such as "fire bureau", "life line", "school shelters", "volunteer", and so on. Each group make a (wall) newspaper and present what they have learned using the (wall) newspaper. The presentation will be evaluated by the students themselves.

The contents they have learned will be consolidated. The ability to present will be raised. The mutual evaluation will help the students find what they have to learn more. They can set the tasks again and keep on studying to solve the problems.