In March 2022, a set of three royal decrees (primary, until 12 years of age; compulsory secondary, until 16 years of age; and secondary higher education) with nation-wide effect on the modernisation of the entire curricula at schools came into effect. It is regarded as a large step forward in Read more…
‘KROS: Knights for ROad Safety’ is an EU-funded ERASMUS+ programme. It focuses on open education and innovative practices in the digital age, aiming to integrate traffic safety principles and best practices at primary and secondary schools in Austria, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Spain. In addition to training activities and workshops Read more…
The elective subjects in Norway are practical subjects, contributing to increased motivation and more varied training for the pupils. An elective course in traffic knowledge can be chosen by pupils aged 14-16 years. The course helps pupils move safely in traffic by providing knowledge, skills and attitudes, and aims to Read more…
The Transport Research Centre (CDV) in the Czech Republic has developed guidelines for traffic education in kindergartens consisting of five chapters: child collisions; the psychometric competence level of pre-school children; good practices related to children in traffic; and kindergarten traffic education in the context of the national curriculum framework. In Read more…
The Curriculum for Excellence is the philosophy underpinning the Scottish Education System and, to ensure credibility within the learning and teaching profession, Road Safety Scotland has aligned all its resources with it. A guide for teachers provides an overview of the available resources and how they support the curriculum. Road Read more…
The Council of Education Ministers of the Federal States developed framework recommendations for traffic safety education at primary schools. In Germany, education is the responsibility of the Federal States. To achieve a harmonised standard and content of traffic safety education across Germany, the Ministers of Education agreed on a minimum Read more…
Road safety education at Portuguese schools is a complementary part of the curriculum on citizenship education, and is therefore not a separate subject. The road safety education competency framework, a guidance tool identifying the skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours that individuals must adopt to be safe on the road, consists Read more…
In Greece, a ‘thematic week’ has been introduced for the first three grades of secondary school, during which the teacher can choose out of four subjects related to health, including traffic safety. For the last three grades in Greece’s secondary schools, traffic education activities are also a possibility during a Read more…
Since 2017, the Norwegian national curriculum states that through work with the local community and society, kindergartens should help ensure that children “explore different landscapes and become familiar with institutions and places in the local community and learn to safely orient themselves and get around.” Life skills and health are Read more…
Traffic safety education is included in the core curriculum for basic education in Finland, which is a document schools must follow. Introduced in 2014, the core curriculum includes traffic safety education in various subjects as well as in one of the transversal competences called ‘taking care of oneself and managing Read more…