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Using paired teaching for earthquake education in schools
Solmaz Mohadjer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72074, Germany
Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Central Asia, Khorog 736000, Tajikistan
Sebastian G. Mutz
Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72074, Germany
Matthew Kemp
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3AN, United Kingdom
Sophie J. Gill
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3AN, United Kingdom
Anatoly Ischuk
Institute of Geology, Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe 734063, Tajikistan
Todd A. Ehlers
Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72074, Germany
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Lack of access to science-based natural hazards information impedes the effectiveness of school-based disaster risk reduction education. To address this challenge, we created and classroom tested a series of earthquake education videos that were co-taught by school teachers and Earth scientists in the UK and Tajikistan. Comparison of the results reveals significant differences between students' views on the Earth's interior and why and where earthquakes occur.
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