Future on the road. A road user education project for primary and secondary schools - final report

Framtid paa vaeg. Ett projekt med trafikantundervisning i hoegstadiet och gymnasieskolan. Slutrapport

Future on the road is a traffic education project carried out in schools in the Swedish municipality of Arboga. The project has covered six years between the ages 13 to 19, which corresponds to classes 7-9 in primary school and classes 1-3 in upper secondary school. In total, the aim was that the education programme should consist of 120 lectures, i.e. 20 lectures per year. The project has included the total population of students in Arboga, which means that approximately 500 students have been included. The education had a broader perspective than traditional traffic education programmes. The purpose was to influence values and attitudes regarding car usage and choice of transport modes in order to make youngsters more inclined to protect the environment, improve safety in traffic and reduce the community's costs arising through undesired effects of the transport system. This broad perspective covers aspects such as road safety, transport needs, choice of transport modes, pollution and environment, health, economy, etc. The results of the evaluation shows that the education functioned well in the primary school while there were several problems in the secondary school, which lead to a number of problems that reduced the possibility of achieving the goals fully. The results show that it is possible to carry out a road user education project in school but the activities must be built upon a stable and correct foundation. In the discussion section of the report, the project is related to the role of traffic education in school. (A)

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• Authors:
  • GREGERSEN, N P
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Pagination: 89p+app
• Serial:
  • VTI Rapport
  • Issue Number: 499
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 0347-6030

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Attitudes; Before and after studies; Behavior; Children; Education; Environmental protection; Evaluation and assessment; Questionnaires; Safety; Schools; Transportation modes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Change; Selection
• ITRD Terms: 1748: Adolescent; 2267: Attitude (psychol); 9148: Before and after study; 9001: Behaviour; 1758: Child; 2284: Education; 2444: Environment protection; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 9147: Interview; 9048: Modification; 1665: Safety; 101: School; 9072: Selection; 1145: Transport mode
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Environment; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01015311
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 12 2006 8:57AM