Knowledge and opinions on natural disasters and disaster education of pre-service teachers who survived the 6 February earthquake in Turkey

Authors

  • Burak Gökbulut Prof. Dr., Near East University, Atatürk Faculty of Education, Department of Turkish Language Teaching, Nicosia, 99138, Northern Cyprus, Mersin 10 Turkey
  • Mustafa Yeniasir Prof. Dr., Near East University, Atatürk Faculty of Education, Department of Turkish Language Teaching, Nicosia, 99138, Northern Cyprus, Mersin 10 Turkey
  • Şevket Öznur Prof.Dr., Near East University, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Nicosia, 99138, Northern Cyprus, Mersin 10 Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14571/brajets.v17.nse2.147-157

Keywords:

Disaster education, Natural Disaster, Earthquake, Pre-service teachers

Abstract

Human-related events that occur in an unexpected time and affect people’s lives adversely are defined as natural disasters. Today, when we live in the age of technology, several regions are faced with natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. Not different from various countries in the world, Turkey faces such natural disasters frequently. Especially the earthquake disaster of February 6, 2023, which affected a very broad area, caused many people to suffer. After the earthquake, several problems such as unemployment, need for education and shelter, and psychological traumas, especially among children, emerged. Although preventing natural disasters is not possible, it is a well-known fact that damages can be minimized through disaster education given in schools from an early age. It is of vital importance that Turkey, which is located in an earthquake zone, attaches more importance to disaster education and that students are educated on this subject from an early age, as in countries such as Japan, in order to reduce the disaster damages. Some action has been taken in this area in Turkey especially after the 1999 Marmara earthquake, but the recent major earthquake disaster has shown that more attention should be paid to disaster education. This study was carried out to determine the knowledge and opinions on disaster and disaster education of pre-service teachers who survided the earthquake in Turkey on February 6, 2023. The study group consisted of students studying in different departments of education faculties of universities. The structured interview form developed by the researchers was used as a data collection tool.

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2024-07-24

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Community Empowerment through Education, Technology and Infrastructure