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Teaching children road safety using a simulated environment

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Journal of Education and Educational Development, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 44 - 54

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DOI (Published version): 10.22555/joeed.v7i1.2948

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The importance of road safety education is widely acknowledged; however, there is a lack of consistency in road safety interventions currently being used in UK schools. Furthermore, the majority of road safety educational programmes use knowledge-based methods, which do not necessarily translate to...

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ISSN: 2310-0869 2313-3538
Published: Institute of Business Management 2020
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