Given That Disasters Create Opportunities for Active Learning - Why Do They
University of Leicester
MSc. in Risk, Crisis & Disaster Management
Module 4 - Case Studies Essay "Given that disasters create opportunities for active learning - why do they repeat?
Michael Lübke
Student No.: 109023384 Intake: September 2010
MODULE 4 - CASE STUDIES !1 MICHAEL LÜBKE
Institute of Lifelong Learning University of Leicester
Plagiarism Declaration
This form must be completed, signed and submitted with each assessment. The Department cannot accept your work unless it is accompanied by this form.
Name: Michael Lübke Student Ref No: 109023384
Intake: September 2010 Title of Course: Master of Science in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management Module: Module 4 - Case Studies
Full title of work: “Given that disasters create opportunities for active learning- why do they repeat?”
Numbers of words (between 3,000 – 4,000 for essays and between 15,000 - 20,000 for dissertations): 3.571 I confirm that I have read and understood the Department’s instructions on the presentation of written work and the University’s Regulation on Academic Dishonesty and I declare that the submission attached to this statement and presented to the University of Leicester for assessment complies with University requirements and is my own work.
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Date: 23-03-2012
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MICHAEL LÜBKE
Module 4 - Case Studies
"Given that disasters create opportunities for active learning - why do they repeat?"
Introduction
"We should attempt to gain as great an understanding as possible from [past event]... . The information should be used as effectively as possible so that the benefits gained are maximised and that any further unnecessary 'costs ' in the form of future disasters are kept to a minimum." (Toft & Reynolds, 1994: 14) This paper will discuss the feasibility and applicability of isomorphism and
MSc. in Risk, Crisis & Disaster Management
Module 4 - Case Studies Essay "Given that disasters create opportunities for active learning - why do they repeat?
Michael Lübke
Student No.: 109023384 Intake: September 2010
MODULE 4 - CASE STUDIES !1 MICHAEL LÜBKE
Institute of Lifelong Learning University of Leicester
Plagiarism Declaration
This form must be completed, signed and submitted with each assessment. The Department cannot accept your work unless it is accompanied by this form.
Name: Michael Lübke Student Ref No: 109023384
Intake: September 2010 Title of Course: Master of Science in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management Module: Module 4 - Case Studies
Full title of work: “Given that disasters create opportunities for active learning- why do they repeat?”
Numbers of words (between 3,000 – 4,000 for essays and between 15,000 - 20,000 for dissertations): 3.571 I confirm that I have read and understood the Department’s instructions on the presentation of written work and the University’s Regulation on Academic Dishonesty and I declare that the submission attached to this statement and presented to the University of Leicester for assessment complies with University requirements and is my own work.
Signed:
Date: 23-03-2012
MODULE 4 - CASE STUDIES
!2
MICHAEL LÜBKE
Module 4 - Case Studies
"Given that disasters create opportunities for active learning - why do they repeat?"
Introduction
"We should attempt to gain as great an understanding as possible from [past event]... . The information should be used as effectively as possible so that the benefits gained are maximised and that any further unnecessary 'costs ' in the form of future disasters are kept to a minimum." (Toft & Reynolds, 1994: 14) This paper will discuss the feasibility and applicability of isomorphism and
Bibliography: Institute of Lifelong Learning(2008) MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management, Module 1 and 4 Toft,B. and Reynolds, S. (1997) (2nd ed.) Learning from Disasters - a management approach, Leicester: Perpetuity Press Dombrowsky, W. (1995) ' Again and again: is a disaster what we call "Disaster"? Some conceptual notes on ceptualizing the object of disaster sociology ', International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 13(3): 241; 243 Turner, B. (1978) Man-made Disasters, (2nd ed.), Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann Perrow, C. (1999) Normal Accidents - Living with High-Risk Technologies, Princeton: Princeton University Press MODULE 4 - CASE STUDIES !11 MICHAEL LÜBKE