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Simsek, Canan Lacin – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2007
Earthquake, a natural disaster, is among the fundamental problems of many countries. If people know how to protect themselves from earthquake and arrange their life styles in compliance with this, damage they will suffer will reduce to that extent. In particular, a good training regarding earthquake to be received in primary schools is considered…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Kindergarten, Knowledge Level, Seismology
Simsek, Canan Lacin – Online Submission, 2007
Earthquake, a natural disaster, is among the fundamental problems of many countries. If people know how to protect themselves from earthquake and arrange their life styles in compliance with this, damage they will suffer will reduce to that extent. In particular, a good training regarding earthquake to be received in primary schools is considered…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Elementary School Students, Science Instruction, Interviews
Bulut, Sefa; Palmer, Linda; Oehler-Stinnett, Judy; Bulut, Solmaz – 2002
There is little empirical research existing in the areas of natural disaster's effects on children's mental health. Therefore, the purpose of this study was twofold. First, it examined the effectiveness of the Oklahoma State University Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (OSU-PTSD) Screening Scale after two different types of natural disasters. The…
Descriptors: Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Earthquakes, Foreign Countries
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Akbaba-Altun, Sadegul – International Journal of Educational Management, 2005
Purpose: The main aim of this paper is to explore the elementary school principals' experiences and reactions toward two earthquakes, which hit the north-west region of Turkey on August 17 and November 12, 1999. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative methodology was used since the goal of the researcher was to delineate the experiences and…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Seismology, Principals, Elementary Schools
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Wolmer, Leo; Laor, Nathaniel; Dedeoglu, Ceyda; Siev, Joanna; Yazgan, Yanki – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Child survivors of a catastrophic earthquake in Turkey were evaluated three and a half years after the event, and three years after a sub-group participated in a teacher-mediated intervention developed by the authors. The goal of this follow-up study was to determine the long-term effectiveness of the original intervention. Methods:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grief, Intervention, Social Behavior
Dayton-Johnson, Jeff – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2004
Natural disasters (droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, floods, wind storms) damage wellbeing, both in their immediate and long-term aftermath, and because the insecurity of exposure to disasters is in itself harmful to risk-averse people. As such, mitigating and coping with the risk of natural disasters is a pressing issue for economic development.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Natural Disasters, Seismology, Foreign Countries
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
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