Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turk Deprem Arastirma Dergisi, cilt.4, sa.1, ss.155-173, 2022 (Scopus)
The purpose of this study is to reveal the opinions of teacher candidates on earthquake awareness. Phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. Data were collected through open-ended questions and analyzed using descriptive analysis technique. According to the findings of the study, it was observed that the teacher candidates are able to scientifically define the meaning of earthquake and aware of the secondary disaster types caused by the earthquake. It has been understood that there is an awareness that earthquake prediction which gives precise location-magnitude-time information, is not yet fully possible. It was also determined that the teacher candidates who emphasized that participating in applied educational activities; had a greater effect on people's awareness of earthquake, remembered the destructive earthquakes in the country, knew nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and thought that training, news and movies about earthquake disasters were effective in raising of awareness. In order to make earthquake awareness permanent in the minds of teacher candidates; applied techniques should be used in education, participation to scientific activities and practices should be ensured, mobile applications (e.g. eAFAD, AFAD Acil) that show disaster assembly sites and useful information, should be presented.