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Disaster risk reduction integration into school curriculum: A global analysis
Wonder Masocha, Norman Takaidza, Albert Manyani, Christopher Mutseekwa. European Journal of Sustainable Development Research, 2025-01-02
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Climate change and associated disaster risks are contemporary issues of global concern. The school is a transformation agent with a crucial disaster reliance cascading potential which dovetails with the United Nations Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction 2015-2030. This paper reviews the literature on the disaster risk reduction (DRR) curriculum integration imperative and milestones achieved globally to date. School curricula, as conduits for disaster resilience, are explored using the lens of ideal DRR education dimensions to predict achievements, challenges, and opportunities to strengthen this integration imperative. Reviewed literature contributes to our theoretical and empirical scope of DRR to strengthen global resilience to recurrent disasters. Literature implied the need to raise pedagogy above the knowledge dimension of DRR and harness skills and attitudes in the response, action, participation, and integration dimensions. The paper recommends ensuring disaster resilience propagation through the innovative and holistic framework of integration of DRR into the school curriculum. The frameworks should consider pedagogical assessment matrices guided by DRR education dimensions in the learners’ social context.
Key findings
- School curricula, as conduits for disaster resilience, are explored using the lens of ideal DRR education dimensions to predict achievements, challenges, and opportunities to strengthen this integration imperative.
- Reviewed literature contributes to our theoretical and empirical scope of DRR to strengthen global resilience to recurrent disasters.
- Literature implied the need to raise pedagogy above the knowledge dimension of DRR and harness skills and attitudes in the response, action, participation, and integration dimensions.
- The paper recommends ensuring disaster resilience propagation through the innovative and holistic framework of integration of DRR into the school curriculum.
- The frameworks should consider pedagogical assessment matrices guided by DRR education dimensions in the learners’ social context.
Why it matters
This paper is about integrating disaster risk reduction into school curricula, not Alzheimer's disease. It reviews how school curricula can build disaster resilience and recommends holistic frameworks guided by disaster risk reduction education dimensions.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 38/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (European Journal of Sustainable Development Research) |
| Journal's citation record | 0 / 4 | European Journal of Sustainable Development Research: journal h-index 23 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 4 / 5 | 2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 2 / 7 | Cited 14 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 2 / 5 | 4.7 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025 |
| Impact for its field and year | 5 / 6 | Cited 25.8× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 1 / 6 | Cited by 1 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 1 / 4 | Cited 14 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 1 / 4 | Last-listed author Christopher Mutseekwa: h-index 5 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | Bindura University of Science Education: institution h-index 73 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 1 country |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Total | 38 / 100 | — |
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- DOI: 10.29333/ejosdr/15820
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Masocha, W., Takaidza, N., Manyani, A., & Mutseekwa, C. (2025). Disaster risk reduction integration into school curriculum: A global analysis. European Journal of Sustainable Development Research. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/15820
Vancouver
Masocha W, Takaidza N, Manyani A, Mutseekwa C. Disaster risk reduction integration into school curriculum: A global analysis. European Journal of Sustainable Development Research. 2025. doi:10.29333/ejosdr/15820.
BibTeX
@article{masocha2025-ec3afbb6,
author = {Masocha, Wonder and Takaidza, Norman and Manyani, Albert and Mutseekwa, Christopher},
title = {{Disaster risk reduction integration into school curriculum: A global analysis}},
journal = {European Journal of Sustainable Development Research},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.29333/ejosdr/15820},
url = {https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/15820}
}
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