Scottish Government

ANNEX 4 TEACHER TELEPHONE INTERVIEW PROFORMA

On behalf of the Scottish Government and Road Safety Scotland

• Some general questions about PSD and road safety education in your school
• How road safety resources are used
• Your opinion on the different parts of the S1/S2 resource
• How future resources might be developed to assist teachers

A General - Road safety education in the school
(details completed on the postal questionnaire will not be requested during the telephone interview)

1. How is PSD organised in your school?

(Through subjects/specific timetable/tutor group/ mixture etc)

S1

S2

Do you think this will change with the implementation of CfE?

2. How many teachers are involved in teaching PSD to S1 and S2 (Probe on how teachers are assigned - e.g. form tutor / anyone who is available on the timetable

3. What do you think are the key health and wellbeing issues for this age group?

4. Approximately how much time do S1 and S2 spend on PSD?

(number of lessons per week/ school year / length of lessons

5a How much of this time is given to RSE?

5a How does this to compare other issues such as sex and drugs?

5. Are there usually any planned RSE activities beyond the standard curriculum?

(E.g. activity weeks / health and wellbeing projects / external speakers / parental involvement etc)

6. How important do you think it is for this age group to receive road safety education?

B Road safety resources

7. What do you think are the most useful and effective resources you use for supporting PSD teaching? - Not just road safety (Probe as to why a resource is particularly good)

Moving on to talk specifically about road safety resources -

8. Does the school have a copy of the S1 / S2 resource? (Or several copies)

Comment

Where in the school is the resource usually kept and who has access to it?

C Teachers' specific opinions of the S1/S2 resource

9. What do you think of the overall presentation and look of the S1/S2 pack? (external packaging)

10. What parts of the resource have been used by teachers in your school?

( üif used or X if not used or ? if unsure)

For each of the parts that have not been used, please could you briefly say why?

Additional Comments

11. Please could you now think in more detail about the different parts of the pack? What do you think of the elements of the S1/S2 pack that you have used in terms of how it looks, how useful it has been to you as a teacher or what has not worked so well. We would also like you to suggest any improvements you think could be made.

Format and presentation / Effectiveness - it does what it should / ease of use / Content / Weaknesses / Improvements /Other issues

D How a new resource might be developed

In considering how a new resource for this age group might be developed, I would like to ask you about your views on possible options. First of all I would like to ask some questions about content.

8. What road safety topics do you think are relevant for the S1/S2 age group?

9. Please say whether you think the following topics are very relevant, relevant or less relevant in teaching road safety to this age group.

10. Do you think a new resource should be as much concerned with encouraging students to develop social and personal skills to make safer choices as it is about specific road safety issues?

What do you think is especially relevant?

11. I would now like to ask you about ideas for learning and teaching that might be part of a new resource. Please say whether you think the following are very relevant, relevant or less relevant in teaching road safety to this age group.

12. Do you think road safety is relevant to the following curriculum areas

13. If the pack includes a DVD do you think it should be in a cartoon /graphics format be totally realistic, or a mixture of both?

14. Do you think there should be specific road safety resources?

15. How useful would it be for you to print out teaching ideas and resources as and when you needed them, either from the web or from a DVD?

16. How useful would it be for you and the students to have access to a road safety website specifically for S2/S2?

17. How do you and other teachers get to learn about new road safety resources?

18. How do you and other teachers tend to learn about other types of PSD resources?

19. Do you think training sessions should be available for teachers when new resources are produced?

20. Have you any other comments or thoughts about resource materials?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GIVE YOUR VIEWS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FURTHER AT ANY TIME MY CONTACT DETAILS ARE: