Reasearch of Earthquake Preparedness Education of Junior High Schools in Taipei City

• Main Authors: Shyu Yueh-O, 徐月娥
• Other Authors: 湯志民
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10765644787663620731

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 教育學系 === 90 === Research of Earthquake Preparedness Education of Junior High Schools in Taipei City Abstract Yueh-O Shyu The thesis is focused on the research of earthquake preparedness education of junior high schools in Taipei city. Both survey research and observation methods are administered. Forty-nine schools and 3,534 subjects answer the questionnaires in addition to the fieldwork of four schools, which includes the observation of the earthquake alarm drill and interview with the deans. According to the main findings of the study, the conclusions are made as follows: 1.The teachers and students of the junior high schools in Taipei city acknowledge well that the earthquake preparedness is necessary and important. 2.They are not quite sure if the school buildings and facilities can stand earthquake threats. 3.They are able to follow the earthquake safety guidance but their seismic knowledge is not adequate. 4.All the schools make good earthquake preparedness and earthquake alarm drills but they are not well designed and inefficiently. 5.The earthquake preparedness education can work effectively only if there are well-organized earthquake preparedness frameworks in the schools. 6.The school buildings, the size of the campus and the number of the students play the key roles in terms of earthquake preparedness. 7.The schools face several problems in order to effectively carry out their objectives of earthquake preparedness education. The top three are manpower, time and know-how. According to the conclusion mentioned above, several recommendations are made as follows: 1.To junior high schools: (1)Establish the earthquake preparedness task force and institutionalized as a permanent component in the structure of the school. (2)Design well-structured earthquake preparedness education plan. (3)Held both alarm and non-alarm earthquake drills periodically. (4)Enrich school teachers and students earthquake preparedness knowledge. (5)Enforce the organization and operation of school earthquake preparedness task force. (6)Develop and distribute an earthquake preparedness procedures pamphlet and present earthquake safety program to staff, faculty, or student groups. (7)Make earthquake preparedness education as a school curriculum. 2. To Educational administrative authorities: (1)Develop campus emergency and safety plans. (2)Make use of the supervision system to enforce school earthquake preparedness education. (3)Pay serious attention to earthquake resistance during the design and construction of school buildings. (4)Design complete and integrated curriculum for earthquake preparedness education and initiate in-service training programs periodically. (5)Review and upgrade the safety standards for junior high school buildings and facilities.