Browsing by Author "Hissa, Karoliina"

Goals. The aim of this research was to create railway safety education material for elementary school. The material was needed to fulfill besides railway safety aspects elementary school education principles and learning viewpoint preconditions. In Finland, there has not been any railway safety education material, even though road transport safety has been taught long as a part of school's traffic safety education. Methods. In this research, it was studied what kind of aspects need to be considered when creating traffic safety education material for elementary schools. The research has an active research nature. The material created in the research was piloted, and needed adjustments were made to the final material. After creating the material, the content was analysed by using content analysis method, which allowed assessing the quality of the material to the other direction, i.e. from the outcome to the starting point and objectives. Results and conclusions. A comprehensive education material set including lesson plans was created in the research. In connection to the lesson plans, the material includes also background information for teachers, who are the primary deployers of the material. The analysis of material created indicated that the material responses to the objectives set at main parts. Based on the analysis, the most essential development needs are to increase possibilities for constructivist learning, local tailoring and learning evaluation.