TEACHER'S ROLE IN LEADERSHIP - THE TASK OF AN ACADEMIC DIVISION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY. IN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE IVTH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD SAFETY ORGANIZATION, TOKYO, JAPAN, JUNE 5-7, 1990

It is a world wide known phenomenon that road traffic safety in most developing countries compares unfavourably with most of the highly mobilized and developed countries. It is furthermore known that the low fatality rates in developed countries are inter alia the results of purposefully directed contributions in the fields of training and education made by academic institutions and or safety centers. This paper aims at describing the role of such an academic division, center or unit in the enhancement of road traffic safety education in a developing country. Arguments are put forward that efforts to promote road traffic safety through educational programmes purposefully can only be successful if the programmes are educationally and scientifically sound. In order to meet this requirement, programmes should be well designed, implemented, continuously evaluated and adapted in the light of practical experiences and theoretical knowledge. With the view to promote road traffic safety within its total context this paper endeavours to picture the input that should be made by an academic division or center in order to give direction to the basic aims of road traffic safety education. The french title of this paper is 'Role du professeur et son influence - la tache d'une division academique pour l'education en prevention routiere dans un pays en developpement'. The german title of this paper is 'Rolle und fuehrerschaft des hahrers - die aufgab einer akademischen abteilung fuer verkehrserziehung in einem entwicklungsland'. For the covering abstract of some of the papers see IRRD 837529. (Author/TRRL)