In the Czech Republic, traffic education is an integral and important part of local road safety strategies. The measures included in the local strategies are closely linked to the measures contained in the national road safety strategy as well as those from the relevant regional strategies. However, it is important Read more…
The checklist below will help you ensure that your activity encourages the use of the 5E model. Engagement Do you motivate and create curiosity and interest? Do you create a need for learning? Do you identify the pupils’ prior knowledge and attitudes? Do you link the learning material to what Read more…
The Norwegian Council for Road Safety’s Model for Behaviour Modification (see this example as part of Principle #11) promotes the so-called 5E model, which is a tool to support teachers in planning, implementation and evaluation of learning for the actively participating pupil. It is called the 5E model because all five Read more…
The knowledge institute CROW developed a traffic education checklist that assesses certain elements of traffic education interventions in 10 steps. These steps consist of assessing the problem analysis, target group specification, educational goals, didactical principles, content of the material, assessment and evaluation during the intervention, the manual, the implementation, process Read more…
The Norwegian Council for Road Safety (NCRS; Trygg Trafikk) noted a need for gaining a better understanding about which training programmes produce a positive impact in the short and long term and what elements contribute to this effectiveness. However, a number of potential issues need to be taken into account. Read more…
As raising awareness for distraction in traffic should already start at an early stage, a workshop for 12 and 13 year old pupils was developed by the Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV). The workshop is part of KFV‘s Risi & Ko education concept (see also this example focusing on it’s Read more…
Knowledge of the most important competences for traffic participation and their development is a prerequisite for the development of differentiated school and pre-school transport education. The German Association of Insurers has published a comprehensive study related to the competence areas related to successful traffic participation. Mobility skills are not limited Read more…
The “Do It Right” programme for adolescents focuses not only on developing skills, but also promotes ‘safety minded’ behaviour by changing false beliefs and unhealthy attitudes. The programme, implemented in Greece by RSI Panos Mylonas, focuses on key risk factors on the road: drink driving, non-seatbelt use, reaction time and Read more…