APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014 Emergency Preparedness Education: Learning from Experience, Science of Disasters, and Preparing for the Future (III) Focus on Fire and Volcanic Eruption NGUYEN Chi Thanh Vietnam National University, Hanoi APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014

Presentation Outline Introduction Instituitional Context Design a pedagogy document Conclusion APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014

Introduction to Vietnam - Non vocanic eruption (not yet) - But many others natural disaters: Flood; Typhoon; Landslide, Forest fire APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014

Natural Disaters in Vietnam APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014

Natural Disaters in Vietnam APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014

High risk on forest fires "According to Forest department of Vietnam, the country now has 37 provinces (on 63 provinces and cities in Vietnam) with a high risk of forest fires in which nine provinces are located in the area of ​​red alert“ Besides these 9 provinces at high risk there are 27 other provinces which are at risk of forest fires in level IV (dangerous levels) APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014

Instituitional Context - Strong determinanion from MOET (The ministry of Education and Training): policy support by official regulation (4620/QD-BGDDT) - But lack of concrete measures relative to curriculum, textbook, teaching method etc. APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014

Instituitional Context The 4620/QĐ-BGDĐT Ministry Regulation: « Trong đó, Bộ trưởng Bộ giáo dục Đào tạo đã kí quyết định số 4620/QĐ-BGDĐT ngày 12/10/2010 về phê duyệt kế hoạch hành động ứng phó với BĐKH của ngành giáo dục đào tạo giai đoạn 2011 – 2015. Quyết định đã chỉ rõ sẽ triến khai đại trà GDBĐKHTC trong các cấp học, bậc học trên toàn quốc vào năm 2015. » In particular, the Minister of Education and Training has signed the regulation 4620/QD-BGDDT dated on 12.10.2010 to approve an action plan to respond to climate change education sector for the period 2011 - 2015. This action plan will be impleemented in all educational levels across the country from the year of 2015. Action are focused on some natural disaters like flood, typhoon etc. but not yet on forest fires APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014

Instituitional Context: contents emphasize on flood and typhoon APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014

Design a pedagogic document Instituitional integration: optional theme in extra curriculum Content: to identify the level of forest fire in some provinces according to date provided by meteorological stations Mathematic knowledge: Using the statistics data of temperature, air humidity and rainfall at 13 hours daily to determine the meteorological Nesterop index P from November 2002 to date of the meteorological stations. Using daily statistics on P to classify P for each month at indicated provinces Application of spatial interpolation methods for determining the date of the P grade 4 and 5 for each month in each 1km2 equidistant points around the territory. Document APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014

Design a pedagogic document Lesson study approach Method: projec based learning APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014

Document experimentation Climate change issues Climate change education in secondary schools Proposal of a framework Examples of Lesson plan APEC Tsukuba Conference 2014

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