Purpose

To provide students with sufficient information to enable them to drive a vehicle slowly, to turn the vehicle, and to park it.

Duration: 60 minutes

Learning Objectives

Performance Objectives

Actively participate in discussions and group work.

Knowledge Objectives

Know the procedure for:

• driving slowly, forward, and in reverse;
• making a U-turn;
• making a two-point turn into an approach or driveway;
• making a three-point turn;
• angle parking;
• right angle parking, both forward and reverse;
• hill parking; and,
• parallel parking.

Teaching Points

1. Good driving is a precision exercise.
2. It is more difficult to drive well and accurately at very low speeds than it is at higher speeds.
3. Low speed manoeuvres require much practice.

Content

1. Driving slowly, forward and in reverse - see Driver's Handbook.
2. U-turns - see Driver's Handbook.
3. Two-point turns into driveways - see Driver's Handbook.
4. Three-point turns - see Driver's Handbook.
5. Angle parking - see Driver's Handbook.
6. Right-angle parking, both forward and in reverse - see Driver's Handbook.
7. Hill parking - see Driver's Handbook.
8. Parallel parking - see Driver's Handbook.

Assignments

Read the appropriate section in the Driver's Handbook.

Instructional Approaches

• Practise cooperative learning.
• Form the students into groups and have each group tell the class how to carry out one activity, in detail. Members of the class are to raise questions until they are convinced that the group presenting the activity thoroughly understands what they are presenting.
• Using a question and answer format, fill in the gaps.

Support Requirements

Materials

• Driver's Handbooks, either one per student or two or three per group.
• Overhead transparency blanks, overhead pens, flip-charts and pens, or any other materials which will aid the students in giving group presentations.
• Available topical videos.

Equipment

• Overhead projector, flip-chart, appropriate writing and presentation equipment, VCR.