PowerPoint for a paper presented to The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) Annual Conference in Manila, Philippines on 13-16 November, 2018

1. A new approach to disaster
education
Neil Dufty

2. Goal 1: Learning to stay safe
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3. Goal 2: Learning to minimise losses
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4. Goal 3: Learning to become more
resilient
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5. Disasters are socially constructed
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6. Therefore learning is central to DRR
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7. Learning across the disaster cycle
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8. Importance of disaster learning
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9. Education part of disaster learning
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Engagement
Communicati
ons
Education

10. Challenge for disaster education
These and other hazards may never impact you in a lifetime
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11. Types of disaster education
 Formal education e.g. university courses, school curricula
 Non-formal education e.g. emergency management
certification, MOOCs
 Informal education e.g. using social media, community
meetings, volunteer training
 Incidental or random education e.g. reading/watching news
about disasters, receiving an early warning message
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12. Top-down approach is not always
effective
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13. Including education campaigns
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14. Benefits of tailoring to learners
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15. Framework for tailoring disaster
education
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16. The framework considers…
 Education methods
 Content including key messages
 Community
 Local hazard risks
 Risk reduction measures
 Emergency management
 And most importantly…
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17. The learners
 Residents (landowners and renters)
 School and other formal institutions
 Businesses
 Emergency agencies
 Vulnerable sectors (e.g. older people, youth, new migrants,
disabled)
 Tourists
 Other groups e.g. faith-based, those living in high-risk areas
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18. Importance of learners
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19. Outputs
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20. Public participation
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21. Thank you
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