Facilitator's Notes
The Vehicle
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Activity Seven Facilitator's Notes : The Vehicle
The following sheet is designed to give facilitators a series of example conversation prompts which can be quickly referred to during the workshop. The list is not designed to be not exhaustive, and after some experience with running the workshops you can always add to it with prompts that you are more comfortable with.
The Vehicle (PDF 25kb)
Activity Seven : The Vehicle
Aim
Many young drivers find themselves using a range of vehicles when they drive for work, and often they can be different to the vehicle they learnt to drive in. The most common examples are larger vehicles with bigger engines, and vans.
This activity looks at what the delegates do when driving a new vehicle, and how they reflect on how they are using it.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the activity, participants will be able to:
- Compare their experiences of driving different vehicles and cite some of the differences between vehicles
- Explain how self-reflection is important in lifelong learning to drive
- List several things that they would do when getting into a new vehicle
Timing
10-15 minutes
Activity Plan
| LO Ref |
Facilitator Activity |
Participant Activity |
Assessment |
| (1) |
Divide the delegates into pairs or small groups (depending on their level of driving experience). Give the delegates 5 minutes in their groups to discuss their experiences with first driving a new vehicle, and what they learnt. After the discussion, ask the delegates to share their experiences with the workshop. Get the groups to share the experiences in turn.
When sharing their experiences, opportunity should be given for the facilitators and other delegates to talk about the scenarios. |
Discussion of driving new vehicles. |
Reporting back differences in vehicle types. |
| (2) |
Introduce a slide on in-vehicle technologies, like a sat nav, and ask the groups how they know whether they are using it rightly or wrongly, and how do they judge that. The only way that delegates offer, is whether or not they arrive at their destination. This is exactly the point of the question – that no external feedback on whether they are using it safely is received, so they have to put thought into how they use a satnav and whether they can think of safer ways to use them. Provide examples of future technologies. Show examples of vehicle technology being used incorrectly and get the young drivers to discuss the scenarios. |
Discuss examples of vehicle technology being used incorrectly and how drivers can identify that. |
Discussion. |
| (3) |
Ask the participants what they could do when getting into a new vehicle to familiarise themselves with it. Pick up on any suggestions already mentioned. |
Cite ways of improving their safety when driving new vehicles. |
Discussion revolves around LO (3). |
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