Peer Road Safety Education in Scottish Secondary Schools

Aide-memoire for the interviews: schools

Teaching Staff

Please tell me about any existing examples of peer education of which you are aware, either confined to the school or in the local authority, in which you take part.
What do you see as the strengths of this peer education programme?
What, if any, are the weaknesses of this peer education programme?
What, if any, would be the scope for extending this model of peer education into the area of road safety?
What, in the way of resources or training, would be required for teachers and pupils taking part in a road safety peer education programme?
Are there any additional suggestions or comments that you would like to make about peer education in your school?
Are there any additional suggestions that you would like to make about peer education generally?

Pupils

Can you tell me about any times when you have taken part in either learning from, or teaching/helping, other pupils in school?
What did you think about this?
Did it help you at all? If it did, how?
Do you think it helped the pupil who was either learning or teaching? If so, how?
I would like to know what you think about road safety - what does road safety mean to you?
Road safety should be more than just what you covered in primary school, which was probably about learning how to cross the road [pedestrian safety] and safe cycling. It can involve safe driving, personal safety as a passenger (cars and buses) and peer pressure. Do you think it would be helpful to learn about these things from someone in school, your own age or older. [Older pupils - ask about teaching this to younger pupils.]

Head teachers (or nominees)

Can you give me examples of existing peer education programmes of which you are aware within the school and/or the LEA?
Are any of these used within the school?
Are you aware of any peer education programmes that you would choose not to use in the school? If not, please say why not.
What do you think might be the scope for extending peer education into the area of road safety?
What do you see as the strengths of peer education programmes in practice?
What do you see as the weaknesses of peer education programmes in practice?
What are the administrative issues that might be linked to the development of peer education generally or road safety particularly?
What are the training and time management issues that might be linked to the development of peer education generally or road safety particularly?
Are there any additional suggestions that you would like to make about peer education generally?

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