The New Trend of Disaster Mitigation Education in Japan

To have the students think how they act at the time of the disaster. It raises the students' awareness toward preparedness.

In a list time is set horizontally from "the taking place of the earthquake", "ten minutes after the earthquake", "30 minutes", "1 hour", "2 hours",...,"1 day", "2 days", ..., "1 week", "1 month". Vertically is set 24 hours of a day. The students are requested to fill in the blanks by writing where they are and what they are doing at the certain time of the day.

The students realize that they spend most of the time of a day at home. This will make them aware that the disaster management at home is necessary. The students come to know the wisdom of the human beings and the necessity of helping each other during the process of the emergent management and the recovery. It is possible to confirm the results of the study when this is done twice, before the certain periods of the learning and after the learning.