Theme: Disasters- microteaching

Key Learning: This week we were to work in groups of 5/6 to prepare a presentation on a kind of disaster and present this to the rest of the class. My group chose fires and we were able to get across the conditions needed for these fires to burn, the impact of nature in relation to the spread of fires, where they occur most commonly and the impact on nature and humanity itself. We were also able to relate this to teaching and how we would go about teaching children about these natural disasters.

Impact on my views/lifestyle/practice: After listening to all the groups presentations on their own choice of disaster, I feel like I am a lot more well informed about how these take place and the impacts they can have on people’s lives and homes. Although it is unlikely that any of these disasters will happen so close to home I still plan to take security measures in order to be prepared if the event was ever to take place.

Areas of interest to explore further/develop: I am very interested in the work that charities have done in the past to help citizens out of a time of crisis and I am keen to look further into this and possibly see what help I could give.