3rd Pillar: Risk Reduction and Resilience Education
Risk Reduction and Resilience Education. Curriculum and educational material developers and other school stakeholders work together to develop and strengthen a culture of safety and resilient communities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop national evidence and consensus-based, action-oriented key messages for household risk reduction and resilience. These will provide a foundation for formal and non-formal education as well as public awareness campaigns and messaging.
- Engage students and staff in real-life school and community disaster management activities, including mapping hazards, developing school-based contingency plans, and implementing regular school drills for relevant hazards.
- Develop “scope and sequence” detailing the learning outcomes and competencies to integrate risk reduction and resilience into the regular curriculum.
- Infuse risk reduction throughout the curriculum and provide guidelines for integrating risk reduction and resilience into carrier subjects
- Develop quality teaching and learning materials for students and teachers. Address all dimensions of risk reduction education: conducting multi-hazard risk analysis; understanding risk drivers and risk mitigation measures; identifying and disseminating key messages for safety and preparedness; building community risk reduction capacity; and developing social cohesion and a culture of safety and resilience.
- Provide pre-service and in-service teacher training on risk reduction curriculum materials and methods.
- Develop strategies to encourage teachers to integrate these topics into a formal curriculum, as well as non-formal and extracurricular approaches with local communities.
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