Driver Education - In-Car Lessons

In-Car Lessons

Throughout the in-car lessons, usually under the section entitled "Performance Objectives", reference is made to "successful performances or repetitions", in association with determining student competence. It should be recognized that these are merely suggested measures of student mastery of a particular activity. The instructor must ascertain when and if the student has mastered a particular manoeuvre or acquired a particular skill. For some students, such an assessment may require fewer repetitions than suggested; for others, it may take longer and may span several in-car sessions. In some instances, students may be expected to start making decisions in the first hour, while for others, it will not occur until much later. Again, it is the responsibility of the instructor to ascertain when a student is ready to assume greater responsibility for driving decisions.
In-car sessions are shown as being 60 minutes in duration. It is recognized that, in some schools, class periods will be of shorter, or perhaps longer duration. It is expected the instructor will make the required adjustments in lesson content and scheduling to reflect a sensitivity to the local situation, rather than attempting to have the school and students adjust to suit the expectations or demands of the instructor.
While it is strongly recommended that every effort be made to afford every student at least six hours of observation time, and while it is recognized that every in-car lesson provides for observer participation, it is also recognized that, for a variety of reasons, not all students will be able to take advantage of the opportunity. It is expected the instructor will endeavour to cover off the shortfall by encouraging additional, guided at-home practice.
While it is strongly recommended that the in-car lessons be offered in the sequence in which they appear in the curriculum, it is recognized that, ultimately, it must fall to the instructor to offer the course in a manner that is sensitive to the needs of individual students and the community in which the course is offered. This is not to be interpreted as giving sanction to instructors to craft and deliver their own course. Rather, it is an acknowledgement that, from time to time as a function of the locale or the competence of students in a course, some of the activities reflected in some of the lessons in the curriculum may, at the discretion of the individual instructor, be offered to students at a different time in the course than recommended in the curriculum. The instructor should be prepared to defend decisions made in this regard.
In several lessons, it is recommended that the instructor demonstrate a particular manoeuvre for students. It should be recognized that this is only a suggestion; it may not be necessary for the instructor to demonstrate manoeuvres to all students.

Lesson 1: Vehicle Familiarization, Use of Controls, Looking Up, and Referencing Down	Lesson 2:Introduction to City Driving
Lesson 3:Highway Driving	Lessons 4&5:City Driving including Intersections and Parking
Lesson 6:Review and Finish	Lesson 7:Night Driving (Optional)
Lesson 8:Manual Transmission I (Optional), Manual Transmission II (Optional)	Lesson 9:Ice Driving (Optional)
Lesson 10:Emergency Driving (Optional)