Emergency Preparedness Education Program for North Carolina Schools.

Abstract

The project reported, supported by the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA), is concerned with the development of a civil preparedness educational program for integration into elementary and secondary school curricula. The objectives of the project are to design and develop and educational program which will significantly broaden and enhance emergency preparedness education for young people. The program is designed to include: (1) nature of and protective measures in natural and man-made disasters including nuclear attack; (2) environmental problems and emergencies; (3) individual's responsibilities as a citizen in the community. The general procedures in study guide development visualized the use of experienced teachers in a major role for development of a study guides learner performance objectives and learning experiences. Starting at kindergarten and proceeding through each grade level, the spiraling experience or block-building approach was used to design the study guide for each grade group or cluster.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1979
Accession Number
ADA073787

Entities

People

  • Richard M. Ripley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Civil Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Field Tests
  • Governments
  • Instructors
  • Language
  • Local Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Natural Disasters
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Recreation
  • Students
  • United States
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • STEM Education