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- Title
- Proceedings from the Implementation of Earthquake Planning and Education in Schools: The Need for Change. The Roles of the Changemakers. Held in Irvine, California on May 16-17, 1990.
- File
- PB92129998.pdf
- Author(s)
- Ross, K.; Winslow, F.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 23, 1991, 252 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NCEER-91-0022
- Abstract
- The central theme of the workshop is the development of a team approach to school earthquake planning, one which would integrate the input and skills of school faculty and staff, parents, local disaster officials, as well as other pertinent members of the community. Promoting the interaction of such a varied group of people, this approach would hopefully make each aware of the special expertise one another might contribute to the planning effort, thus increasing the scope and effectiveness of the planning. A curriculum approach is also described which would see earthquake and disaster related materials span a variety of course offerings. Of the individual papers included in the report, eight deal with general administrative approaches to school earthquake preparedness, and another seventeen describe the roles of various individuals, such as school nurses, PTA leaders, school principals, science teachers and so on, in implementing the team planning approach described above. Abundant throughout are examples of curriculum materials, easily performed measures for the mitigation of nonstructural building hazards, organizational checklists, etc.
- Keywords
- ; Education; Emergency preparedness; Students; Personnel; Children; Cooperation; School health nurses; Parents; Schools; Curricula; Meetings; Hazards; Safety; Disaster planning; Earthquakes