Parent’s Perception on Disaster Education for Early Childhood at Disaster-Prone Areas

Abstract

The background of this research is due to the many cases of natural disasters in Indonesia. In early childhood, both consciously and unconsciously, they often become victims of natural disasters both physically and psychologically. This phenomenon has become commonplace in today's society. Many parents still do not understand how to teach education for early childhood, so children are not taught optimally and based solely on the experience of parents. The purpose of this research is to find out the perception of parents towards disaster education in early childhood in disaster-prone areas, both in the knowledge and understanding of parents. This research used a qualitative method with phenomenological approach. The findings showed that parents' understanding is good enough in terms of disaster education, this is seen when parents teach disaster education at home, but disaster education that parents provide is based only on the experience of parents. Recommendation of this research is aimed at parents to be active in preparing themselves with adequate science so that children get the right disaster education and in accordance with their growth and for further researchers to be able to research further by uncovering the same problems but with different subjects and variables. So that in the future this research can be developed and its benefits are wider for many people.