Literacy Lab, a general incorporated association that has been involved in educational reconstruction projects in Fukushima Prefecture, is a collection of interview records with teachers who have engaged in educational activities at evacuation sites due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the nuclear disaster with the support of The Nippon Foundation. ―Interview with a teacher in Futaba-gun, Fukushima Prefecture (tentative name) from 3.11 to 10 years ”will be published.The collection of records to be published will be distributed to schools in Fukushima Prefecture, as well as to universities that have teacher training courses, public libraries nationwide, and university libraries.
Futaba-gun, Fukushima Prefecture, where the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is located, is an area where all eight towns and villages in Futaba-gun were forced to evacuate due to the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in March 2011 and the accompanying nuclear disaster.All public schools that existed in those areas were closed, and each local government tried to resume educational activities at each evacuation site.There are eight towns and villages in Futaba-gun, including local governments that have announced a policy to encourage schools in the evacuation destination area to attend school, local governments that set up temporary school buildings at evacuation destinations and resume educational activities, and local governments that gradually set up temporary school buildings. Worked on guaranteeing learning.
In producing the record book, we divided the 10 years after the earthquake into several parts and interviewed the teachers during the same period.In 2021, which was the first attempt, I worked as a teacher in 2011 towns and villages in Futaba-gun, mainly for the two years from March 3 to March 2013, when the earthquake and the nuclear accident occurred. Conducted with the cooperation of 3 people.In the words of teachers, the teachers' experiences and feelings at the time of a disaster, educational activities at evacuation sites, memories with students at a temporary school building, etc. ..
In the future, the Literacy Lab will continue interviews, record the experiences and thoughts of various teachers, and continue disseminating activities to create opportunities for society to think about the significance and potential of education.
