The Czech School Inspectorate in cooperation with Road Safety Department of the Ministry of Transport prepared a survey about traffic education in primary schools in the school year 2018/2019. The survey is unique in its detail, as usually more general surveys are conducted where traffic education is only a part. Read more…
In Denmark, student teachers attending teachers’ seminars (organised for teachers teaching 5-15 year old pupils in primary schools) are given the option of a 3-hour free-of-charge introduction course to traffic safety education. The course addresses questions such as “Why teach traffic safety at schools?” and “What should pupils learn?”, and Read more…
Introduced in 2018, the initial training program on road safety is a full day training session held for student kindergarten, primary and elementary teachers. The training addresses road safety education, the curriculum – as part of the citizenship education area (see this example as part of Principle #2), sustainable mobility, phones Read more…
In the Netherlands, a book has been developed focusing on student teachers, aiming to inform and inspire them to give practice-focused traffic safety education in classes. The book pays particular attention to the role of language during the lessons and the possibilities to integrate traffic safety and mobility education in Read more…
In Poland, road safety at schools is taught mainly by the techniques teacher. These teachers are either alumni of pedagogical studies with techniques specialization (which also includes elements of road safety) or alumni of other studies. The latter group should therefore also do a post-graduate course in ‘techniques with elements 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 German Road Safety Council, supported by the German Social Accident Insurance, develops a comprehensive set of materials for teachers of vocational schools every year. The materials focus on a different topic related to the prevention of road accidents each year. The set includes, amongst others, a power point presentation, Read more…
Every year, the Finnish Road Safety Council (Liikenneturva) offers teachers further education in traffic safety, in which teachers review the basics of traffic safety education and can try out different action models. Teachers are also offered an opportunity to network with other teachers and share good practice. The Finnish Road Read more…
Teachers in preschool and basic education in Portugal have access to road safety training as part of systematic lifelong learning on the road safety education competency framework. This includes ‘training of trainers’ which, by the end of the programme, enables teachers to train other teachers. They also have online support Read more…
The Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge (VSV) provides free courses on traffic safety and mobility education to both teachers and those studying to become a teacher at pre-primary and primary schools as well as those teaching physical education at secondary schools in Flanders. They furthermore support them with information through Read more…