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A recent survey was highly significant in indicating the field in which intensive safety educational
efforts should be concentrated. This showed that automobile drivers 16 years of age had a driving record nine
times worse, in terms of fatalities, than persons 45-50 years old, who had the best record. This ratio jes
account of miles driven by each group.

Qualified, enthusiastic high school teachers in the new field of Driver Educetion and one are facing
an interesting and productive career. High interest among administrators and parents, in providing this
instruction for high school students, has brought opportunity to teachers who have prepared themselves
for this eventuality.

This course is designed to acquaint teachers with procedures peculiar to teaching both classroom and
behind-the-wheel phases of high school instruction. Methods and techniques have had practical appli-
cation, with marked success, in many high schools.

 

Content of Course —. ——— s—tsC—SFfFSCSCSFS this course are: (1) to instruct a new driver so
that he will successfully pass a test on the infor-
mation found in the text pamphlets as well as
rigorous road tests; (2) to complete an approved
project in driver education and training; (3) to
participate actively in classroom discussion; and
(4) to complete all classroom and field work
assignments.

Following are some of the subjects to be con-
sidered in the course: “The Driver,” ‘Driver and
Pedestrian Responsibilities,’ “Sound Driving Prac-
tices,” ““Society’s Responsibilities,’ “How to Drive.”

During the presentation of the text materials in
the classroom and the road training in the car, the
following important characteristics of drivers and
how they affect sound and safe driving habits will
be presented: (1) mental, physical and emotional
characteristics; (2) knowledge; (8) driving skills;
and (4) attitudes and appreciations.

It may be possible to have part of the classroom
period used as a demonstration school; that is, the
beginners being taught to drive by the student-
teachers will attend the first part of the classroom
sessions. This will give an opportunity to the
student-teachers to observe how the college in-
structor conducts a high school course for beginners.
The remainder of the classroom period will be
devoted to discussion and to special projects. _

Plan of Course

Sessions will be held in a campus classroom and
will be devoted to lectures and discussion. The
practicum sessions, arranged according to the
student-teacher’s schedule, will be devoted to
laboratory and road work, including teaching a new
driver from “scratch,” projects and demonstrations.

Text Pamphlets

A series of five text pamphlets, suitable as a
comprehensive basis for classroom instruction and

Requirements for the successful completion of discussion, will be used. These pamphlets have

 

 

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been developed through the collaboration of two

types of persons: (a) traffic specialists, and (b)
teachers of broad experience.

In addition, valuable suggestions have been se-

cured from a number of high school teachers as

to the best methods of presenting these materials
effectively to high school boys and girls.

Teaching Aids

Recommendations will be presented concerning a
number of valuable teaching aids, including motion
pictures, classreom charts, lantern slides, film strips,
and sound records. Blueprints are available for
construction, in school shops, of various devices to
test drivers.

Selected Traffic Bibliography

A selected bibliography of reference material on
traffic and safety will be made available to students.
Many of the pamphlets and publications mentioned
in this bibliography will be available for reference
work in the Library.

Dual-Control Driver Training Cars

It has been found that the use of dual-control
driver training cars is extremely valuable in teach-
ing beginners to drive. The dual-control consists
of auxiliary clutch and brake pedals which enable
the instructor to assume control if necessary.
Through the cooperation of the Pontiac Motor
Division of General Motors, the American Auto-
mobile Association has made 35 such cars available
to high schools during the past year. It is hoped
that the college will be able to arrange to have
such a car available. Information will be furnished

 

 

A Course in Driver Education and Training

on a practical method of installing dual-control for
cars to be used by the student-teachers in their
high schools.

Record Forms

Suggested forms will be provided for the main-
tenance of proper records in connection with driver
training schools which student-teachers ‘may later
conduct. Such forms have been developed through
years of experience in this field, and are now actively
used in several places.

Driver Training Areas :
General layout plans will be available for two

types of driver training areas: (a) areas involving :
the use of quiet streets in a community, and (b).
off-street training areas. Information will be fur-—
-nished for the marking of streets, for direction
signs, and on the type of stanchions and other.

devices to aid the training process.

Plans for Inaugurating ee
Driver Training Courses

Student-teachers will be provided with ae

tion on how to set up driver training in high schools’

and communities. This information will include

objectives of the general plan, standards found
through experience to be desirable and advice on

how to fit such a course into a high school program.

Certificates |
Suitable certificates have been designed and will

be available for the following purposes:

(a) For student-teachers satisfactorily completing the
summer session course.

(b) For- students satisfactorily completing a driver
training course in high school.

 

 

Each teacher enrolled in the summer session course in Driver Education and

Training is required to teach, under supervision, at least one student of high

school age, how to drive. The teacher in the above photograph is giving one
of the several tests for driving skill.

A quiet, well-marked practice street is used for the road instruction. Beginners’
early driving habits thus are formed in lifelike situations. The photograph shows
a typical use of stanchions and center line in developing steering skill.

Through the use of auxiliary clutch and brake pedals in dual-controlled driver
training cars, smoothness of operation is developed and the danger of mishap is
-elass is divided, is consolidated at the end of the course and mimeographed minimized. Methods of installing dual-control will be explained.

so that each teacher has a copy.

One of the important activities of the course is the development of a manual
of instructional material. The work of the various groups, into which the