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BİR SOSYAL SORUMLULUK ALANI OLARAK AFET EĞİTİMLERİ
DISASTER TRAININGS AS A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FIELD

Author(s): Serpil Gerdan
Subject(s): Psychology, Energy and Environmental Studies, Human Ecology
Published by: Dicle Üniversitesi, Sivil Havacılık Yüksekokulu
Keywords: Disaster training; social responsibility; resilience; preparedness;

Summary/Abstract: Disasters are the negative results of the dangers that affect communities deeply and cause lives and financial losses. Making resilience community to disasters is an important issue as well as establishing systems that can cope with disasters. Education is the key to making a country more powerful in dealing with problems in every sense. Education is one of the most primary elements that enable people to live in harmony with other people and their environment. The aim of this study is to emphasize the importance of disaster education to making the resilience community. This research was conducted by reviewing the literature and examining the current disaster training contents in our country. The results of the study clearly show the importance of disaster training in the process of creating disaster resilience comunity. Although their content varies according to each other, disaster trainings, done, increases the level of knowledge and awareness of individuals to a certain extent. The education level of the individuals plays a role in the development of this awareness in a positive way. These trainings contribute positively to both individuals and the communities to make the process of pre, during and post-disaster easier and return to normal life. Integrate of disasters training into the education system is the most important element of the development of sustainable and successful management systems in the fight against disasters.

  • Issue Year: 3/2019
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 101-110
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Turkish