| Summary: | The main aim of the study was to determine values and attitudes of primary school
learners towards traffic safety and traffic safety education. The role played by parents
and teachers in developing positive values and attitudes towards traffic safety and
traffic safety education was determined. It was important to find out what can be
done by parents and school to teach traffic safety education to learners.
Key concepts like values, attitudes, traffic, safety and. education are discussed in
details in this study.
A group of learners was selected from fifteen primary schools in Potchefstroom to
conduct this study. The main aim was to determine their values and attitudes towards
traffic safety and traffic safety education. A questionnaire was developed whereby
learners, their parents and their teachers had to fill it out in order to reach the
objectives of this study.
From. the response of learners, it was evident that learners really value their safety
and that it is important for them to be safe road users. They even showed interest in
including road safety education in their school curriculum.
The school and parents also showed interest in traffic safety education being
included in their children's school curriculum. They even opted to help teaching their
children.
The response of the learners, teachers and parents was positive and this indicated
how possible it can be to implement/teach traffic safety education in schools.
The. study was successful and it is hoped that the teachers can use it to their own
benefit and to the benefit of their learners. === Thesis (M.Ed.)--Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2003
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