Although road safety education is not an obligatory part of the Austrian curriculum for secondary schools, it should (where possible) be integrated into other subjects. To support teachers in this task, the Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV) developed the mobility education concept “Risi & Ko”.
With a flexible, modular approach and corresponding teaching materials, Risi & Ko provides lesson descriptions for different subjects and can be easily adapted to the needs of individual schools and teachers. The suggested lessons allow students to reflect on their own and others’ attitudes, motivations and behaviours. The lessons currently cover the topics “risk and peer pressure”, “social competence in traffic”, “distraction in traffic” and “traffic modes and their potential”.
A key element of the concept are five archetypal comic figures, of which each acts according to its given character. They illustrate different ways of adjusting and reacting to traffic situations and allow an active and critical examination of different mobility topics.
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KFV (Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit), Risi & Ko.
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