Road Safety Education

7-12 Early Career Teacher Workshop

Participant Booklet

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AcknowledgementsThe Road Safety Education Program, has developed this workshop for early career secondary teachers to support quality teaching and learning in PDHPE.

Materials developed by:

Darren Neagle: Coordinator, Road Safety Education Program

Kim Flack: Road Safety Education Adviser, Road Safety Education Program

Tracy Knights: Road Safety Education Adviser, Road Safety Education Program

Road Safety Education Officers

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Workshop agenda

8:30 - 8:45 Registration – tea and coffee

8:45 - 9:00 Introductions and welcomeDEC Road Safety Education program

9:00 – 9:45

Session 1: Road safety in the secondary school– Why teach about road safety?– What do the stats say?– Key road safety messages

9:45 – 11:00

Session 2: Planning for effective road safety education– Road Safety Education, Driver Education and Training Policy– A whole school approach - the health promoting school framework– Best practice road safety education

11:00 – 11:15 Morning tea

11:15 – 12:00 Session 3: Understanding the PDHPE syllabus

12:00 – 1:00

Session 4: Exploring road safety education resources– Station 1: Road risks your choice– Station 2: Shifting gears– Station 3: Limiting risk, protecting lives– Station 4: Tale resources– Road Safety Web Hunt– NSW Centre for Road Safety free resources

1:00 – 1:30 Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 Session 5: Planning and programming– A process for developing and/or reviewing a unit of work

3:00 – 3:15

Session 6: Where to from here? My plan of action Further support for road safety education Evaluation and close

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Workshop outcomes Through participating in this workshop, it is anticipated that you will develop:

• knowledge and understanding of road safety education as part of the PDHPE syllabus

• awareness of current resources that support the teaching of road safety education

• understanding of how to develop quality road safety teaching and learning activities.

The following Professional Teaching Standards are addressed as part of this workshop:

Element 1 – Teachers know their subject content and how to teach that content to their studentsAspect Professional competenceKnowledge of subject content

1.2.1 Apply and use knowledge of the content/discipline(s) through effective, content-rich, teaching activities and programs relevant to the stage.

Knowledge of NSW curriculum requirements

1.2.3 Design and implement contextually relevant teaching and learning sequences using knowledge of the NSW syllabus documents or other curriculum requirements of the Education Act.

Element 3 – Teachers plan, assess and report for effective learning

Aspect Professional competenceSelection, development and use of materials and resources

3.2.4 Select, develop and use a variety of appropriate resources and materials that engage students and support their learning.

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Why teach about road safety?

Road Incident Risk factors (behavioural or environmental)

P-plater crashes car into backyard swimming pool

Nov 2nd 2013Five young lives lost in road crash at 140km/h

Jan 18, 2010

Good Samaritan P-plater fell asleep, police believe

March 26, 2012Girl dies in P-plate boyfriend crash

June 6, 2013

Fatigue and distraction cause as many deaths on the road as speeding and drink driving

Oct 16, 2012

What are the most common risk factors contributing to accidents with young people?

What can secondary schools do to address these risk factors and support road safety education?

What can you as a PDHPE teacher do to address these risk factors and support road safety education?

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What do the stats say?In your group discuss the key issues for your statistics, to share with the whole group.

What do the graphs tell us?

What are the implications for teaching and learning road safety?

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Key road safety messagesIndividually, write 3 messages you think are important for students in each of the four areas? Share with a partner.

Pedestrian

Passenger

Safety on wheels

Future driver

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What is expected in road safety education?

What should be delivered as part of a school road safety education program?

DEC Road Safety Education, Driver Education and Training Policy

https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/curriculum/schools/road_safe/PD20020033.shtml

Main Points Implications for schools

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A whole school approach to road safety educationThe Health Promoting Framework

In pairs, list strategies (existing or otherwise) that could be implemented at school to support road safety education in each area of the health promoting schools model.

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Curriculum

Policy, ethos and

environment

Parents and community

Best practice road safety education

What does the research say?

Read the research extract. Write short statements that capture the main ideas of the research. Share these as key findings with the rest of the group.

Research Article title: ______________________________________________________

Summary of research:

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Session 3: Understanding the PDHPE syllabus

Syllabus flashback

Rest Stop 1: Syllabus rationale

What is the purpose of the rationale?

What links to road safety can be drawn from the rationale?

Rest Stop 2: Stage statements

What is the purpose of stage statements?

How could you use them as a classroom teacher?

In terms of road safety education what should you expect of students?

At the beginning of Stage 4? At the end of Stage 5?

Rest Stop 3: Perfect match

What skill outcomes will enhance learning in road safety?

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Reflection questionsWhat road safety content is being addressed at your school? In what stages?

What road safety content have you recently taught or are planning to teach?

Does your school’s road safety integrated unit/program match the content of the syllabus?

Are there any programs or activities relating to road safety that do not support the content of the syllabus?

What links can you make between road safety and the other adolescent health issues?

What are the road safety issues for your students?

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Session 4: Exploring road safety education resources

Road Risks - Your Choice STAGE 4

Contains teacher guide, interactive CD ROM, video and DVD. Addresses passenger, pedestrian, safety on wheels and future

driver behaviours.

Shifting Gears – STAGE 5

Contains multiple copies of SHIFT 2nd Gear CD ROM and a teacher resource manual.

Teaching and learning activities provided in the manual are activities which allow students to take on different roles to explore issues relating to young people’ that place them at greater risk of crashes, fatalities and injuries. These activities can be used in as stand-alone classroom activities.

The CD ROM cannot be used due to technology difficulties.

Limiting risks, protecting lives – Choices for novice drivers and their passengers – STAGE 5/ CROSSROADS

Contains teacher booklet and DVD Aims to challenge student attitudes and values and to encourage

them to question their behaviour. Covers issues – young driver, risk taking, speed, drink driving, no

use of seatbelts and fatigue.

In the driver’s seat – The nature of authority STAGE 6 ENGLISH

Contains teacher booklet and DVD Consists of a variety of teaching/learning activities developed

around texts from the RTA to address the learning outcomes for the Stage 6 Preliminary English curriculum.

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STATION 1: Road Risks – Your Choice resource

Complete the activities found in the teacher manual then answer the questions.

Activity 3: What’s the risk? (p 45-52)

Read the teaching notes on p45-46 in the manual then perform the ranking activity using the Risk Factor Cards.

Activity 6: What’s your view? (p 69-84)

Read the teaching notes on p69-71 in the manual then complete the first scene from the CDRom activity What’s your view? on your laptop.

What key road safety messages are addressed in each activity?

What’s the risk? What’s your view?

What prior knowledge would your students need before playing the game?

What’s the risk? What’s your view?

How could they be modified to suit your school situation and the needs of your students?

What’s the risk? What’s your view?

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STATION 2: Shifting Gears resource

Read each activity from the teacher manual (including the accompanying worksheets).

Section 1: Crash Investigator - Activity 1.3 (p 19) Section 3: L-Test – Activity 3.2 (p48)

Section 2: Riskometer – Activity 2.2 (p30) Section 4: Reporter: Activity 4.2 (p62)

Choose one of the above activities and answer the following questions

What key road safety messages are addressed in this activity?

How could you include this activity in your current Stage 5 unit that addresses road safety?

How could you modify this activity to suit your school situation and the needs of your students? (ie ICT, literacy focus, Web 2.0 tools etc)

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STATION 3: Limiting Risks, Protecting Lives

View the Speeding clip found on the resource DVD or CDRom.

What key road safety issues are introduced in the Speeding Clip?

How could you include this activity in your current Stage 5 unit or Crossroads program that addresses road safety?

Read each activity from the teacher manual (including the accompanying worksheets).

Module 4: Inexperience in the road environment - Activity 4.3 (p80)

Module 6: Let’s make it personal - Activity 6.3 &6.4 (p117-118)

How could you include these activities in your current Stage 5 unit or Crossroads program that addresses road safety?

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STATION 4: TALE resources

Go to p19 of your participant booklet to read descriptions of these online TALE road safety resources:

Stage 3 & 4 Bus Safety resource

Sites2See: Exploring road and traffic injuries

Stage 5 Laptop wrap: On the road

Stage 5 Laptop wrap: GenerationtXt

Stage 5 Laptop wrap: Driven to Distraction

Stage 6 Laptop wrap: Young Drivers

Open the electronic version of your participant booklet on your USB to use the links to explore these road safety TALE resources.

Explore at least 3 and answer the following question for each resource:

How could you include this activity in your current unit that addresses road safety?

Resource 1 Resource 2 Resource 3

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TALE Resources

The Teaching And Learning Exchange is continuously developing and adding current resources for use by teachers (and students) in classrooms. Access via your DET login and password and search for a broad range of interrelated fields or narrow to a specific topic.www.tale.nsw.edu.auA Stage 3&4 online resource that addresses bus safety. The unit Travel Wise includes 3 student-directed tasks that Identifies how others travel to and from school, explore bus routes and hazards and shares findings about safe bus travel.

This Sites2See: Exploring road and traffic injuries site offers easy access to a variety of road safety themed websites that are appropriate for Stage 4-6. They include road trauma, injury, at risk groups, risk factors and health promotion. A one-stop shop for road safety inquiries.On the Road Stage 5 laptop wrap introduction:

Every year, over 1000 people die and many more are injured on Australian roads. How can you protect yourself and others whilst using the road?

GenerationtXt Stage 5 laptop wrap introduction:

One of the biggest distractions young drivers face on the road is the mobile phone. What strategies can you put in place to avoid such distractions?

Driven to Distraction Stage 5 laptop wrap introduction:

Driver distraction is anything that takes your concentration away from driving. One of the biggest distractions young drivers face on the roads is the mobile phone.

Young Drivers Stage 6 laptop wrap introduction:

Young people are seriously over-represented in road traffic trauma statistics. Despite making up only 15 per cent of drivers, young drivers represent around 36 per cent of annual road fatalities. What are the behaviours that contribute to motor vehicle crashes in young people?

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Road Safety Web Hunt Go to p21 of your participant booklet to read descriptions of a variety of road safety websites. Open the electronic version of your participant booklet on your USB and use the links to find the following information. NB. You should find more than one website for each question.

1. Where can you find articles or tips about how to obtain your license?

2. Where can you find articles or tips about driving skills?

3. Where can you find articles or tips about staying safe when driving?

4. Where can you find statistics on crash data?

5. Where can you find statistics on young driver safety?

6. Where can you find a trip or road planner?

7. Where can you find clips and information about current public advertising campaigns?

8. Where would you go to find information specifically relating to indigenous road safety?

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Road safety education websites

The GEARED website is linked to the NSW Centre for Road Safety and is designed for young drivers (and those gearing up to obtain their licence).

Has factual information but is written to appeal to young drivers. www.geared.com.au

The NSW Centre for Road Safety site is a must for the latest NSW rules and regulations, as well as factual and statistical information, crashlab demonstrations and advertising campaigns for use as discussion stimulus http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/ is the rms site link (formerly RTA)

Transport Accident Commission (TAC) includes statistics, tips, safety campaigns as well as video clips. They provide useful discussion starters for Stage 5&6 students learning about health promotion and road safety NB: Discretion should be used when using video clips with classes www.tacsafety.com.au/jsp/content/NavigationController.do?areaID=13

www.youngdriverfactbase.com/

The Young Driver Factbase contains up-to-date information on young driver safety and provides recommendations based on the best available research evidence.

The George Institute has developed this online tool to help policymakers and other stakeholders, ie media, youth practitioners and interest groups, understand and consider the available evidence about young driver safety issues.

NRMA Young Drivers website aimed at young drivers is presented by NRMA. It has great information for drivers, competitions, and a road planner. Young drivers can also join to get free road side assistance for 12 months.

http://free2go.mynrma.com.au/default.htm

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The Australian Indigenous Health Infonet is a WA & Federal Government site which deals with indigenous health with links to road safety. www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/related-issues/road-safety

QLD Ministry of Transport website provides examples of road safety campaigns targeting speeding. Examples of television advertisements used in Queensland can be viewed. The site also contains useful facts and information about road safety in Queensland. http://www.hereforlife.qld.gov.au/

Office of Road Safety WA government site includes a section for young drivers.

http://www.ors.wa.gov.au/Office-of-Road-Safety

St John Ambulance Western Australian site provides a free on line first aid course for use at a vehicle crash.

http://clicktosave.com.au/

Northern Territory Road Safety government site for indigenous road safety. –

http://www.transport.nt.gov.au/safety/road-safety/our-safer-road-users/indigenous

WHO website has recently launched the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 and outlines actions to improve road safety worldwide.

http://www.who.int/en/

http://www.who.int/topics/injuries_traffic/en/

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website has regular reports about health and welfare issues in Australia. Recently they reported transport related injuries were the major cause of spinal injuries.

www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10812

PDHPE K-12 Website and resources

www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/policies/road/index.htm

Schools can access the DET Road Safety Education website through the Curriculum Support section of the intranet.Road safety education guidelines and teaching and learning materials are found under the Policies section of the Curriculum Support website. Advice and information for schools re safe travel and safety around schools.

www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/primary/pdhpe/index.htm

The PDHPE Unit website can be found under the headings of Kindergarten – Year 6 and Years 7 – 12. The secondary page includes advice and information for each secondary PDHPE course including crossroads, using ICT in PDHPE, australian curriculum news and assessment/reporting.

Transport for NSW resources

List the free resources you could order to support your road safety education program. Online resources/ordering.

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Session 5: Planning and programming road safety education

Checklist: A quality program

Outcomes are the focus for teaching and learning, and for assessment and reporting

Reflect an integration of strands, with a focus on no more than 2-3 strands per unit of work

Clearly identified outcomes (K&U, Skills & V&A), strands and content

Manageable number of outcomes

Indicators for each outcome: expected behaviours students will demonstrate when working

towards the outcome

Content is relevant to the unit outcomes in a meaningful way

A variety of teaching and learning strategies that assist students to work towards achieving

outcomes in a variety of ways

Teaching and learning activities produce evidence to assist teachers in making judgements about student achievement of outcomes

Reflection questions

1. Does the unit focus allow for a relevant link to road safety issues?

2. Does the unit provide opportunity for students to develop deep knowledge and

understanding about road safety issues?

3. Does the unit provide students with opportunities to practice and refine skills? Which

ones?

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Where are my students now?

Curriculum eg students’ background knowledge and stage of learning, Stage Statement expectations, previous road safety education at school, what students are doing, thinking and saying, links with other KLAs.

Environment ie. what are the main road safety issues at the school or for my students?

Community eg school events that have road safety links - e.g. Walk Safely To School Day, excursions, safety days, holidays – when do these events occur?

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What do I want my students to learn?

My concept map

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Helpful hints to consider when setting a theme: 1. Establishing links between health issues - a greater connectedness to the material improving quality

learning.2. Avoid being too broad with the unit - develop deep understanding and knowledge. 3. Ensure the context is meaningful - it will have much more significance.

How will my students get there?

What do I want my students to learn? (Insert unit description)

ContentStudents learn to Students learn about:

Teaching and Learning sequence Teaching considerations Resources

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How will I know when my students get there?

PDHPE program evaluationThe following questions provide focus for a faculty to review a unit of work which includes road safety education content. The answers can be used to provide direction to faculties to enhance the quality of the unit.

Structure Yes No

Are the outcomes clearly stated?

Do the outcomes reflect an integration of PDHPE strands?

Are the number of outcomes manageable?

Are skills outcomes included?

Are the ‘learn about’s and ‘learn to’s clearly identified and linked to teaching and learning activities?

Teaching and learning

Can you clearly identify what you want your students to learn?

Can you justify why they are learning this?

Are you indicating how well they should do it?

Does the content explored in the teaching and learning activities relate to the outcomes in a meaningful way?Are there a variety of teaching strategies used to assist students in working towards the achievement of outcomes?

Is teaching about road safety content and other adolescent health issues integrated?

Does the unit address cross-curriculum content such as gender, ICT’s, etc

Are the dimensions and elements of the NSW Quality Teaching model embedded in the unit of work?Are there opportunities for students to develop deep knowledge and understanding about road safety issues?

Are there opportunities for students to practise and refine skills?

Are contemporary resources such as Road Risks- Your Choice and Shifting Gears utilised to support teaching of road safety content?

AssessmentDo the teaching and learning activities produce evidence that will assist teachers to make judgements about student achievement of outcomes?

Is there clear guidance to teachers about what evidence needs to be collected and when?

Are the assessment strategies fair, inclusive and challenging?

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Where to from here?

My action plan

As a result of participating in this workshop....what will I do when I return to school?

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To request consultancy support

To indicate your interest in support or notification of a road safety education professional learning event, please contact your Road Safety Education Officer

Road Safety Education Officer contact

Jamie Lee WirtzRoad Safety Education OfficerRiverwood OfficeP: 02 9408 8945jamie.wirtz@det.nsw.edu.au

PDHPE contacts

Renee WestPDHPE advisor 7-12P: 02 92445841renee.west@det.nsw.edu.au

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NSWroadsafetyed

PDHPE.Unit@det.nsw.edu.auFor e-newsletter each term.