National & International Perspective

Amber Light courses support or are consistent with the following key Educational and Government road safety framework or research.

1. Federal Office of Road safety (Young Driver Research Program)
2. Australian Transport Safety Bureau (Novice Driver Development Curriculum)
3. Determining the optimal time for, and type of, road safety education in ACT schools. (Di Pietro & Ian Hughes, 2005)
4. Act’s Road Ready Program.
5. Vicroads Graduated Licensing System (GLS)
6. Key National and International Research from leading institutions such as; Monash University Accident Research Centre, and Latrobe University Health Sciences.
7. International research relating to Road User Behaviour, Young driver education.
8. Austroads, Schools Road Safty Educational Checklist (2004)

Educational Benchmarking- Secondary Schools

Courses are offered to meet a range of curriculum frameworks and are applicable and support both the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) and VCAL education streams and work units.

Schools provide the ideal platform to integrate conceptual and cognitive skill development associated with road safety and driving as a life skill in association and not isolated from mainstream education curriculum.

Within the context of years 9 and 10, students are developing pathways and learning is enhanced by opportunities for students to participate in projects they believe to be relevant and important to their lifestyle or career goals.

Driver education is a life skill connecting numeracy, technology, communication interpretation; thinking skills (organising, problem-solving, creating, planning), with personal attributes and responsibility for one's own health and physical wellbeing.

As students gain insight into conceptual and cognitive processes within the context of driver education they begin to test the above curriculum based knowledge in the context of driver education and specifically in;

1. 120 hour campaign and Learner driver skills,
2. Applicable coaching skills (communication) for their needs, and
3. Competencies to assist learner driver and their coaches.