Minz realizes new BFU teaching aid series
The Lucerne-based agency Minz has designed and developed a new series of educational materials for safety education in schools on behalf of the Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (BFU). The «SafetyTools» help teachers prevent accidents in everyday school life—from safe travel to and from school to water safety.
As part of the project, Minz was responsible for developing the competence objectives, designing the teaching materials in accordance with Curriculum 21, as well as the text work and visual design - in the three national languages. Five safety tools have been created so far, and two more are reportedly in the works.
Participatory, practical, applicable throughout Switzerland
The project was developed in close collaboration with educational and didactic bodies and the experts at the BFU. Teachers and school classes from all over Switzerland accompanied the project over several test phases. The Bernese illustrator Christoph Frei gave the SafetyTools a high recognition value with his lively drawings. They are also intended to make it easier to communicate safety-related topics.
Adaptable learning materials
"Teaching materials are good if they can be adapted to the reality of teachers and school classes - not the other way around," says Susann Blum, project manager at Minz. The SafetyTools consistently meet this requirement: they have a modular structure, allow for differentiation and contain ready-to-use lesson plans. At the same time, they offer flexibility in dealing with mixed-level classes or current events.
Responsible at BFU: Alexandra Bersier-Balz (Research Associate School and Family). Responsible at Minz: Susann Blum, Rahel Schmidiger, Claudia Zosso, Désirée Luginbühl. Illustration: Christoph Frei.
