Abstract:

The suitability of the education forms, approaches, methods, techniques, tools or technologies may differ greatly for different target groups (e.g. primary schools, high schools, adults, or elderly people) as well as for different areas of interest. The same applies to the area of risk and disaster education.

The article examines preferred forms and tools of risk and disaster education based on:
(1) an analysis of domestic and foreign experiences and best practices in disaster preparedness of the population, and
(2) questionnaire survey carried out in the Slovak Republic among university students and adults’ population.

This limitation is dictated by the practical consideration as there are no precise and properly specified ways and forms of education for adults’ group in the Slovak Republic related to the risk and disaster preparation. The results indicate that common learning and information distribution forms lose their attractiveness and new forms are becoming more desirable. At the same time survey participants are already aware of the need of practical skills but the demand for such a form of education is low.

Keywords:

Education, educational forms, learning tools, disaster preparation, population.