Title:
A SYSTEMIC INTERVENTION OF TRAFFIC EDUCATION FOCUSED ON ROAD SAFETY

Authors:
Evangelos C. Papakitsos*, Georgia Korakidi , Xenophon Vamvakeros , Christina Papavasileiou, Sotirios Giannopoulos and Anastasios Mavrakis ,Greece

Abstract:
The issue of road safety is a social matter of ongoing concern for the educational authorities, especially in Greece where an increased number of fatal traffic accidents occur annually. In accordance to this concern, the Secondary Education Directorate of Western Attica (Greece) has initiated a project consisting of a series of educational activities that aim at training the highschool pupils on the acute problem of road safety. These activities involve the formation of a local sustainability network of schools and the collaboration of other communities’ stakeholders (the local traffic-police department, private vehicle technical inspection centers and a few voluntary organizations), establishing thus a process that in long-term will deal effectively with the necessity of having citizens properly trained and aware of road safety issues. These educational activities are mainly conducted through the teaching and learning method of “experiential learning”. Yet, the complexity of this intervention, due to the diversity of the participants, and the demand for planning a holistic approach led to the usage of a systemic methodology for the implementation of these activities, as described in this paper