Participation in the early response of Cyclone Nargis: Reflective case study
Introduction
Myanmar is exposed to multi-hazards such as fire, flood, earthquake, cyclone and landslide. It is situated in tropical climate zone and has three seasons-Summer (mid-February to mid-May), Rainy (mid-May to mid-October) and Winter (mid-October to mid-February). The official cyclone season is in monsoon period and the high potential of cyclone formation is in pre-monsoon and post-monsoon periods. Cyclone Nargis struck on 2nd and 3rd of May 2008 in Myanmar and it became the devastated ever disaster in country experience due to the death toll (about 138,373) and losses (approximately 4.1 billion US$). The response of the government was criticized by humanitarian …show more content…
It is advocated in many areas of professional development and practice such as education, management and research, as it encourages practitioners to gain insight into their own professionalism through their experiences (Lucas, 2012). Furthermore, the reflection also enables me to reflect-on-action, reflect-in-action and reflect-for-action. There are many ways (from informal discussions to highly structured formats) to approach the critical reflection. This study will use the Borton’s model of reflection which consist of three simple questions such as what, so what and now …show more content…
For example, selection biases including the sampling of times, places, events, people, issues, questions and the balance between the dramatic and the mundane; the affinity of researchers with certain kinds of people, designs, data, theories, concepts, explanations; the ability of researchers, including their knowledge, skills, methodological strengths, capacity for imagination (Norris, 1997).
Anticipatory action to address the
Introduction
Myanmar is exposed to multi-hazards such as fire, flood, earthquake, cyclone and landslide. It is situated in tropical climate zone and has three seasons-Summer (mid-February to mid-May), Rainy (mid-May to mid-October) and Winter (mid-October to mid-February). The official cyclone season is in monsoon period and the high potential of cyclone formation is in pre-monsoon and post-monsoon periods. Cyclone Nargis struck on 2nd and 3rd of May 2008 in Myanmar and it became the devastated ever disaster in country experience due to the death toll (about 138,373) and losses (approximately 4.1 billion US$). The response of the government was criticized by humanitarian …show more content…
It is advocated in many areas of professional development and practice such as education, management and research, as it encourages practitioners to gain insight into their own professionalism through their experiences (Lucas, 2012). Furthermore, the reflection also enables me to reflect-on-action, reflect-in-action and reflect-for-action. There are many ways (from informal discussions to highly structured formats) to approach the critical reflection. This study will use the Borton’s model of reflection which consist of three simple questions such as what, so what and now …show more content…
For example, selection biases including the sampling of times, places, events, people, issues, questions and the balance between the dramatic and the mundane; the affinity of researchers with certain kinds of people, designs, data, theories, concepts, explanations; the ability of researchers, including their knowledge, skills, methodological strengths, capacity for imagination (Norris, 1997).
Anticipatory action to address the