BUILDING DISASTER PRACTITIONER COMPETENCIES THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED EXPERIENTIAL INTERNSHIP IN THE MOUNT MERAPI REGION
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community resilience, disaster education , disaster preparedness, experiential internship , mount MerapiAbstract
This study examines how higher education can support the development of students’ emerging competencies as prospective disaster practitioners through a community-based experiential internship. Focusing on the Sociology Study Program of UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, this study analyzes the implementation of disaster education in Pakembinangun Village, a buffer village in the Mount Merapi disaster-prone region. This research employed a qualitative descriptive approach. Data were collected through focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews, field observations, and secondary documents, including relevant literature, curriculum-related materials, and local government documents. The participants included students, lecturers, village officials, community leaders, and residents involved in disaster preparedness activities. Data were analyzed using the interactive model of Miles, Huberman, & Saldaña, consisting of data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. The findings show that the internship connected classroom-based disaster sociology with field-based learning through disaster mapping, community-based disaster management, early warning awareness, psychosocial-spiritual support, and economic empowerment activities. Through these activities, the internship supported the early development of students’ emerging competencies related to foundational disaster knowledge, disaster risk literacy, institutional awareness, community facilitation, collaborative problem-solving, psychosocial sensitivity, and recovery-oriented engagement. These competencies were shaped through the interaction between curriculum-based preparation, lecturer supervision, village-based mentoring, practitioner guidance, local disaster institutions, and community participation. This study contributes to disaster education scholarship by proposing a community-based experiential internship model as an initial pathway for preparing prospective disaster practitioners in higher education. It suggests that disaster education should move beyond knowledge transmission toward structured field learning that integrates curriculum, community engagement, local institutional learning, and locally grounded disaster preparedness.
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