Scottish Government

Susan Pringle and Diane Sudlow/East House Research
ISBN 0 7559 2872 5
ISSN 0950 2254
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CONTENTS

Summary

1.1 Introduction
1.2 Background
1.3 Aims & Objectives
1.4 Methodology
1.4.1 Literature Review
1.4.2 Contact with Road Safety Officers
1.4.3 Interviews with Local Authority Advisers
1.4.4 Interviews with teachers and pupils
1.4.5 Interviews with peer education specialists

2.1 What is peer education?
2.2 Examples of peer education
2.2.1 Projects administered in schools by external bodies
2.2.2 Advisers' experience of peer education
2.2.3 Schools' experience of peer education
2.3 Characteristics of peer education
2.3.1 recruitment of peer educators
2.3.2 Training of peer educators
2.3.4 Management of peer education
2.4 Strengths and weaknesses of peer education
2.4.2 Perceived weaknesses
2.5 The viability of peer education in secondary schools
2.6 Examples of peer education and road safety
2.7 Feasibility of peer education in RSE
2.7.1 Advisers' perspective
2.7.2 Teachers' perspective
2.7.3 RSOS' perspective
2.7.4 Time allocation
2.7.5 Potential links with JRSO work already going on in primary schools
2.7.6 Training and support required for participants in peer education schemes
RSOS' requirements
Teaching staff
Pupils
2.7.7 Expected response and take-up from schools and pupils
2.7.8 Introduction and management of road safety peer education schemes
2.7.10 Summary of findings
2.8 A role for peer education in RSE?

3.1 Peer education schemes
3.1.1 Elements of peer education
3.1.2 Sustainability of peer education schemes
Role of RSS in peer education
S2-S4 pupils as road safety peer educators
S5-S6 pupils as peer educators

Annex 1: Databases consulted for literature search
Annex 2: RSO interviews
Annex 3: Adviser interviews
Annex 4: Pupil and teacher interviews
Annex 5: School case studies
5.1 School A
5.2 School B
5.3 School C
5.4 School D

The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.