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When the Earth rumbles: a project of risk education for the primary school - a teacher's guide
The demographic explosion and the colonisation of new areas have considerably increased the exposure of populations to natural risks. The proliferation of megalopolises often with poorly controlled planning has simultaneously increased the vulnerability of our societies to disasters.
Although still little represented, risk education is an indisputable component of education for sustainable development. It consists of teaching children to live with risks as responsibly as possible and to impart a risk culture and an understanding of factors and issues that they may adopt appropriate behaviour.
The aim of this pedagogical guide is to introduce Cycle 3 students to natural risks and their prevention through a multidisciplinary process that includes a large portion of the science and espouses the educational philosophy of La main a la pate.
It may concern the risks associated with volcanoes, earthquakes or tsunamis, which are phenomena that are given a lot of coverage in the media but are little studied in school. It may also be a question of risks that are more localised (floods, storms, forest fires, ect) and are therefore a fortiori more localised in the students daily lives. The two approaches are complementary.
The project comprises:
- A class activities module ( four independent sequences and documentary sheets to be used in class)
- Pedagogical and scientific perspective for the teachers
- Skills assessment for each of the sequences provided.
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