Mobility education strives to be an easily
modular curriculum that can be readily integrated into a standard driver
or traffic safety education course. The new content is guided by
the following core values:
1. Experiential Learning
Additional
curriculum emphasizes the senses and whole-body learning. By taking
concepts from driver education and expanding their meaning to the whole
life experience, mobility education provides a compelling and engaging
experience for the students.
2. Standpoint Theory
"Walk
a mile in another person's shoes." Understanding the complexity
and diversity of the various roadway users is critical to being
successful in our transportation system. Mobility education makes
sure that all new drivers understand the experience of people on foot,
bike, and transit and works to afford greater respect to those
modes.
3.
A Focus on Immediate Feedback
Research shows that teens do not
possess a fully developed ability to perceive risk. Explanations
for this range from the physiology of brain development to fact that
teens bear less responsibility overall. Mobility education makes an
effort to help teens identify immediate feedback for their decisions
that may be more reliable than calculating the risk involved in
decisions and actions.
