Road park cali colombia

Road Park

IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCH PROBLEM

Car accidents are one of the main problems public health faces worldwide. In Cali this is one of the main causes of deaths amongst teenagers and young adults. According to “Annual Analysis of accidents and Mortality due to Car Accidents” in Cali, in 2016, out of 319 deaths, 44% of these happen between the ages of 14 to 34 year olds; and after studying the hours in which these happened and the causes, 62% happen at night time and because of high speeding and alcohol. This newsletter was presented as an invitation to the project, which our students to inquire about the traffic rules in Colombia, the previous newsletters, news reports in the country’s newspapers and insurance companies, such as SURA.

FORMULATION OF RESEARCH PROBLEM

The strain point started when

questions such as:

• Is it because there is no

education on traffic rules?

• Are adults and young people

really taking a course on road

safety education?

• Are parents not being conscious

enough when they give their

children a car without having a

license?

SOURCES OF PROBLEM

The common thread to the answers of the questions were found in the traffic code law 33 of 2002, that says: … “It is mandatory to teach the traffic rules and road safety rules in Pre School, Elementary and High school.” But not many schools comply with teaching the road safety project because of many issues discussed in the presentation:• Infrastructure (not enough space to construct a traffic safety educational

park in the school)• Price (the price of constructing and designing a traffic safety educational

park is $5.000.000 COP).• Curriculum ( teachers focus on other topics)• Lack of leadership from the schools, amongst others

In our city there is only one traffic safety

education park and a group of people from that

office who goes to the schools in order to give

information and workshops about this. Which

makes it almost impossible to get an appointment

with the park or even to get them to visit our

school; for this reason and considering the

school’s infrastructure and after a brainstorming

session, our students in 9th grade from the

Cañaverales International School proposed to fully

adapt the car track in preschool (Pic. 2) into an

educational traffic safety park for the children in

preschool and elementary. And also in order for

this one to be available as a service to other

schools as part of the CAS in the IB Program.

Understanding the nature of the problem

A series of activities w ere carried out by them:1. Collect funds for the construction of the road park2. Parent-student activities with the students in Kindergarten.

3. Painting the park as part of a collaborative project.

4. Designing and printing the traffic road signs for the park.

5. Inviting the preschool and elementary children to get to know what

the park is and its usefulness.

6. Invite children from other schools to get to know the proposal.

7. Create a blog about traffic rules.

SERIES OF ACTIVITIES

COLLECT FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF

THE ROAD PARK

Candy selling activity on Valentine's Day to collect money

Conection. Activities with the students

in Kindergarten

ACTIVITY PEDAGOGICAL INTENTION

Observe the surroundings in order to identify if there is road signaling inside the park

Make students aware of the need to create traffic signals within the park that allow a safe and

adequate mobility.

Gabriela: Without signscollisions can occur.Ma. Antonia: There may beaccidents and injuries.

Ma. Isabel: There are no

traffic signals here

Jean Carlos: They are causing traffic! Concepts:

Cause -

Function

Activity:

Concept:

Function

Skills: To Know,

Identify, Cooperate.

Diego A.: It means there is a gas station

nearby

Ma. Antonia: The blue ones are

informative.

Jean Carlos: Let's put the red

ones together, those are the

ones that indicate danger.

Alejandro: It means

you can turn over

there.

InvitationACTIVITY PEDAGOGICAL INTENTION

Observe and classify traffic signals according to their function.

To sensitize the students on the importance of this entity, as it regulates vehicular and pedestrian

circulation

Invitation

Function:

Road safety.

Gabriela: There it says the teachers' parking lot

Martín:Ahhyes, right there is another yellow caution

Jean Carlos: I have already seen

this sign in the street.

Shara: The red ones are the danger

ones.

Julián: The blue ones announce an

important place, like a Gas station

Diego A:It means do not blow

the horn, kids at school.


Take a tour of the school to identify the traffic signs

that there are here.Differentiate the function of traffic signs

Research

Martin: Stop, stop, because If you

don’t, I will give you a ticket and take

the skateboard.

Lucía: He got a ticket because he

was going very fast, which is

forbidden.

Our traffic office


Investigate the functions of traffic and transport offices and traffic agents

To sensitize the students on the importance of this entity, as it regulates vehicular and pedestrian

circulation


Build means of transportation using recyclable materialIntegrate parents and children into collective and

creative work by building means of transportation

Visit of innovative

experts

Demonstration

Skills:Develop fine

motor,

cooperation and

communication.


Adapt the park of preschool with the respective signage to assure the vehicular and pedestrian

mobility.

Understand the importance of tracking traffic signals and road safety.

Demostración

Skills:Cooperate, Adopt various roles in the group.

Alejandra: Why was he penalized? Juan José: Because he was going in the wrong direction of the road

Martín: Look at the sign!!!! Gabriela: Doctor, A wounded

person!!

Representation


Adapt the preschool park with the respective signs to ensure road mobility.

Understand the importance of tracking traffic signs and road safety.

DESIGNING AND PRINTING THE TRAFFIC ROAD SIGNS FOR THE PARK.



Building the traffic light

INAGURATION ROAD PARK.

INVITING THE PRESCHOOL AND

ELEMENTARY CHILDREN TO GET TO

KNOW WHAT THE PARK IS AND ITS

USEFULNESS.

INVITING THE PRESCHOOL AND

ELEMENTARY CHILDREN TO GET TO

KNOW WHAT THE PARK IS AND ITS

USEFULNESS.

Create a blog about traffic rules.

http://valentinatunjo.blogspot.com.co/

http://isabelapenar.blogspot.com.co/

SEÑALES PREVENTIVAS

SEÑALES DE TRÁNSITO INFORMATIVAS

Invite children from other schools

to get to know the proposal.

The impact in the community is evidentin the happiness of the little childrenwhen they arrive at our school andthey see the traffic park and we explainto them the signs do the role playinggame where play the roles of the trafficpolice officer, the motor vehicleofficials and the pedestrians. We reallyfelt awesome doing this job since weare contributing to the building of apositive social behavior by teaching theIB attributes at a very young age.

We invite 13 pre-school schools andreceive letters from other schools thatwant to visit us.

Evaluation of Impact

The traffic educational park has beenreceived with great excitement by ourstudents (see video 2) “It was a long timeneeded Project in this community and inour school particularly” was a generalcomment among the parents. From allpoints of view the opinions have beenvery favorable. The Little children havereceived the park with joy and interest astheir new playground. In middle school itis now being used for various socialstudies projects. It is only the beginningfor this great Project, from now on, it willbe used not just for teaching traffic sighs,types of lines painted in the roads, butalso it makes us as a community, feel acommitment to protect and preserve thepark, and use it with the futuregenerations.

We can see how important this project hasbeen for them when we see them ride in thecar with their parents and they are explainingtheir parents what each one of the trafficsigns means and the importance of followingthem. They have started telling their parentsnot to go through a red light. Our students arenow the traffic controllers and regulators,playing a role in the city that was vacantbefore. Middle school and high schoolstudents are the most conscious ones when itcomes to road safety. They claim that beforedoing his project they thought they knewwhat road safety was, now they definitely feelsure that they know the importance it has.

In the children,

For our group

It has been quite an experience to be able to help andmake a significant contribution to a life threateningsituation that we experience daily in our city. This parkis an infrastructure that can have a significant value anduse for our community preventing accidents anddeaths that are happening every day in Cali. We arevery conscious of the need we have to educate ouryouth because they are the ones replicating of theseeducation in their Elder. We will keep this Project goingas an activity linked to CAS and an ABP Project forkinder. In primary it was taken by the area of socialstudies as a compulsory subject in all grades, and inmiddle and high school it will be retaken withworkshops in all the grades as well. We are very happyabout having had this opportunity and dearly thankRenault for stimulating and promoting this King ofprojects.

Gracias

Education

Road park cali colombia