eprintid: 10129280 rev_number: 12 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/12/92/80 datestamp: 2021-06-09 08:53:55 lastmod: 2021-06-09 08:53:55 status_changed: 2021-06-09 08:53:55 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Kitagawa, K title: Conceptualising ‘disaster education’ ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J80 keywords: disaster education; disaster risk reduction; public pedagogy; participation; community-based disaster risk reduction note: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. abstract: ‘Disaster education’ has been studied in various disciplines such as disaster risk management and environmental studies. However, disaster education is a relatively ‘new enquiry’ in the field of education. Particularly, the literature that conceptualises ‘disaster education’ in education is minimal. This paper aims to fill this gap by synthesising existing disaster education literature linking them with educational concepts. The paper suggests three possible conceptualisations for disaster education. The first is based on a temporal distinction between education undertaken in usual times or unusual times. The second conceptualisation applies modes of learning and teaching: formal, non-formal and informal. Thirdly, establishing disaster education as a sub-discipline in the field of education is proposed: one sub-discipline is lifelong learning and the other is public pedagogy. Critiquing each method of conceptualisation, the paper argues for the suitability and usefulness of locating ‘disaster education’ within public pedagogy. date: 2021-01-01 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci11050233 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1869540 doi: 10.3390/educsci11050233 lyricists_name: Kitagawa, Kaori lyricists_id: KKITA95 actors_name: Kalinowski, Damian actors_id: DKALI47 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Education Sciences volume: 11 number: 5 article_number: 233 citation: Kitagawa, K; (2021) Conceptualising ‘disaster education’. Education Sciences , 11 (5) , Article 233. 10.3390/educsci11050233 <https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11050233>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10129280/1/Kitagawa_Conceptualising%20%E2%80%98disaster%20education%E2%80%99_VoR.pdf