Genec's experience closely matches mine. The classes present information to the students and allows them to make their own judgements based on their experiences.

N_C: you might want to rethink your desire to teach a strict adherance to the law. Knowledge of the law is very good for cyclists, but laws do not cover all situations and the students need to make decisions that will keep them safe even if that means not following the exact letter of the law. Personally, I think that a vague set of laws works better than a strict code of conduct because we are all (supposedly) mature enough to make our own decisions.

As for the statistical evidence about accident reduction and trained cyclists being more consistent on the road, who cares. If numbers are needed to back up the fact that education by experienced people is better than someone just winging it on their own, then there is a more serious problem going on.

The world is not always black and white.