A RESOURCE CURRICULUM IN DRIVER AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION

A RESOURCE CURRICULUM FOR DRIVER EDUCATION ATTEMPTS TO IDENTIFY AND USE KNOWN ELEMENTS OF THE DRIVING TASK AS A BASIS FOR CONTENT. CONTENT SELECTED IN THIS WAY HAS ROOTS BOTH IN RESEARCH FINDINGS AND CAREFULLY CONCEIVED RATIONALES. MUCH OF THIS DOCUMENT IS DEVOTED TO SPECIFIC ITEMS IN A DRIVER EDUCATION COURSE. THE COURSE IS STRUCTURED BY UNITS: BASIC CONTROL TASKS; INTERACTING WITH OTHER HIGHWAY USERS; CRITICAL SITUATIONS; CONTROLLING THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIGHWAY COLLISIONS; OPERATOR FITNESS; VEHICLE READINESS; TRIP PLAN; SELF IMPROVEMENT AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. EACH UNIT IS SUB-DIVIDED BY EPISODES WHICH CONTAIN A STATEMENT OF EPISODE PURPOSE. EACH EPISODE HAS A MATRIX OF SEGMENT NUMBER, CONCEPTS, OBJECTIVES--STUDENT BEHAVIOR, AND LEARNING ACTIVITES AND RESOURCES. MOST EPISODES HAVE A CORRESPONDING SECTION ON CONTENT. METHODS OF TEACHING DRIVER EDUCATION AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ARE DISCUSSED. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 169 Pp, FigS, 107 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Florida State University, Tallahassee

  600 W College Avenue
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32306
• Authors:
  • Bishop, R W
• Publication Date: 1970-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Curricula; Driver training; Education; Methodology; Natural resources; Traffic safety education
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220787
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 5 1970 12:00AM