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…