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Enhancing flood evacuation behaviour through Serious Disaster Game (SDG): Flood Alert!

Furqan I Aksa¹, Muhammad Ashar², Heni W Siswanto³

¹Department of Geography Education, Faculty of Education, Universitas Samudra, Langsa, Indonesia.

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Summary

Serious Disaster Games (SDG): Flood Alert significantly improved students' knowledge and self-efficacy in flood evacuation. This engaging, game-based approach enhances disaster preparedness and intrinsic motivation for learning.

Keywords:

disaster disaster game evacuation flood hazard

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Published on: July 16, 2020

Area of Science:

Disaster education
Educational psychology
Game-based learning

Background:

Conventional disaster education relies on one-way information transfer.
Traditional methods may not effectively improve practical disaster response behaviors.
There is a need for innovative approaches to enhance flood evacuation knowledge and self-efficacy.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate the Serious Disaster Games (SDG): Flood Alert.
To assess the impact of SDG: Flood Alert on flood evacuation behavior, knowledge, and self-efficacy.
To measure the effect of SDG: Flood Alert on students' intrinsic motivation for disaster education.

Main Methods:

A one-group pre-test-post-test design was employed.
The study involved 45 students.
Serious Disaster Games (SDG): Flood Alert was developed based on experiential learning cycle theory.

Main Results:

SDG: Flood Alert significantly improved students' knowledge and self-efficacy regarding flood disasters.
Students demonstrated improved ability to respond to flood events (before, during, and after).
High self-efficacy correlated with increased protective actions during disasters, and students reported enjoyment in learning via the game.

Conclusions:

The SDG: Flood Alert is an effective tool for enhancing flood disaster knowledge and self-efficacy.
The game-based approach fosters intrinsic motivation and provides a fun learning experience.
SDG: Flood Alert shows potential as a valuable learning medium for students in flood-prone areas.