Abstract
Objectives: Current research is intended to propose a new model for preparedness post-disaster awareness based on learning community approach, namely “Learning Community Cycle Model for Disaster Awareness (LC2MDA)”. Methods/ Statistical Analysis: This learning community model was developed by using the research and development method in Lampung province, Indonesia, specifically in the Lampung Barat and the Pesisir Barat districts. The subjects of the research were the students, parents, and teachers. Students were treated as the object for the LC2MDA model, the teachers had a role in facilitating the students achieving the expected set of competence, while the parents took part in giving inputs and considerations to for the school and teachers in integrating disaster literacy into the local curriculum and played a role as active observers of the teaching learning process. Findings: This paper highlights an adapted learning community model. Based on the result of qualitative investigations, it was found that the learning community approach was potentially effective in facilitating students’ disaster literacy, attitudes, and skills for preparing post-disaster recovery and resilience. The role shift needed to embed and to extend the optimalization of teacher-parents involvement in the school programs which was achieved through positive supports and commitment to engage in school development program. Application: LC2MDA can be considered as an effective model to recover the post-disaster psychological condition of the students and form the students’ psychological resilience to the possibility of the aftershocks. Keywords: Disaster Education, Learning Community, Recovery, Resilience
Highlights
Indonesia is a country located along the Indian Ocean where the four tectonic plates-the Australian, Philippine, Eurasia and Pacific plates-meet
In this paper we proposed a new model for preparedness post-disaster awareness based on learning community approach, namely “Learning Community Cycle Model for Disaster Awareness (LC2MDA)”
Compared with other disaster models, LC2MDA has some advantages, those are: (1) focus on specific psychological condition of children; (2) have process to increase resilience after disaster through EXCLUSIVE (Exploring, Clustering, Simulating, Valuing, and Evaluating) syntax learning model that integrated in the model[27]; (3) involve the nearest social system for the students, parents and teachers; (4) observe supporting and risk factors that make the role of social system can be increased to promote resilience
Summary
Indonesia is a country located along the Indian Ocean where the four tectonic plates-the Australian, Philippine, Eurasia and Pacific plates-meet. The development of public disaster education has become a top priority considering the absence of disaster awareness in the past disaster that caused more than 165,708 lives to be lost due to as the result of the 2004 Sumatra-Pacific Ocean tsunami, 1,300 due to the 2005 NIAS Earthquake, 5,778 due to the 2006 Yogyakarta Earthquake, 645 due to the 2006 South Java Tsunami and 1,117 due to the 2010 West Sumatra Earthquake[5] These have brought about an awareness of the importance of public disaster prevention education and have made it a great urgency in Indonesia[3,6]. Disaster education, which includes education on disaster risks, disaster awareness, mitigation and preparedness strategies, is one effort to reducing the destructive impact of disasters early[12,13]
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