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Seyihoglu, Aysegül; Kartal, Ayça; Tekbiyik, Ahmet; Sezen Vekli, Gülsah; Birinci Konur, Kader – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2021
The interdisciplinary aspect of natural disasters requires their correlation with more than one discipline and orientation for understanding and teaching the inevitable nature of disasters. This study aimed to design a teacher training program called the Interdisciplinary Disaster Education Program (IDEP) and reveal its effect on improving…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Design, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
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Eisenman, David Paul; Bazzano, Alicia; Koniak-Griffin, Deborah; Tseng, Chi-hong; Lewis, Mary-Ann; Lamb, Kerry; Lehrer, Danise – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
The authors studied a health promotion program called PM-Prep (Peer-Mentored Prep), which was designed to improve disaster preparedness among adults living independently in the community. PM-Prep consists of four 2-hour classes co-taught by a health educator and peer-mentors. Adults were randomly assigned to an experimental arm or a wait-list…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Mentors, Crisis Management, Emergency Programs
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Boon, Helen J.; Pagliano, Paul J. – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2014
Australia regularly suffers floods, droughts, bushfires and cyclones, which are predicted to increase and/or intensify in the future due to climate change. While school-aged children are among the most vulnerable to natural disasters, they can be empowered through education to prepare for and respond to disasters. School disaster education is…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Emergency Programs, Foreign Countries, Planning
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Jayawardana, A. K. L.; O'Donnell, Michael – Journal of Management Education, 2007
The Asian Tsunami struck Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004. Sri Lanka was the second worst affected country after Indonesia, and this natural disaster killed in excess of 35,000 people and displaced over 1 million. The article explores the Tsunami Disaster Management Program developed by one Sri Lankan university: the Postgraduate Institute of…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Problem Based Learning, Planning, Goal Orientation
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Janiak, Richard – NHSA Dialog, 2007
In Head Start, family service workers facilitate the process for guiding and assisting families in securing services needed for specific family issues regarding health care, housing, employment, education, and/or crisis management. These services were particularly important to families following Hurricane Charley and the subsequent recovery…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Family Programs, Crisis Management, Program Effectiveness