Community response in disasters: an ecological learning framework

Preston, J, Chadderton, C, Kitagawa, K and Edmonds, C (2015) 'Community response in disasters: an ecological learning framework.' International Journal of Lifelong Education, 34 (6). pp. 727-753. ISSN 1464-519X

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Abstract

Natural disasters are frequently exacerbated by anthropogenic mechanisms and have social and political consequences for communities. The role of community learning in disasters is seen to be increasingly important. However, the ways in which such learning unfolds in a disaster can differ substantially from case to case. This article uses a comparative case study methodology to examine catastrophes and major disasters from five countries (Japan, New Zealand, the UK, the USA and Germany) to consider how community learning and adaptation occurs. An ecological model of learning is considered, where community learning is of small loop (adaptive, incremental, experimental) type or large loop (paradigm changing) type. Using this model, we consider that there are three types of community learning that occur in disasters (navigation, organization, reframing). The type of community learning that actually develops in a disaster depends upon a range of social factors such as stress and trauma, civic innovation and coercion.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	School of Education
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/02601370.2015.1116116
Date Deposited:	25 Sep 2017 16:36
Last Modified:	15 Aug 2021 09:47
URI / Page ID:	https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/10042

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