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. 2011 Nov 14;11:2207–2218. doi: 10.1100/2011/289589

Table 4.

Teaching units in relation to the 15 positive youth development constructs in the Secondary 3 curriculum.

Full program
Construct No. Unit name Unit no. No. Unit name Unit no.
(1) Bonding (BO) *(1) Modern Love Stories BO3.1 *(2) What is Freedom of Love? BO3.2
(2) Social competence (SC) *(3) “She” Comes from China SC3.1 *(4) Siblings of Hong Kong SC3.2
*(5) Who's Right? Who's Wrong? SC3.3 *(6) A Blog Post a Day SC3.4
(3) Emotional competence (EC) *(7) What are My Feelings? EC3.1 *(8) Changing Emotions through Positive Thinking EC3.2
(4) Cognitive competence (CC) *(9) Truth or Myth? CC3.1 *(10) The Truth behind Advertisements CC3.2
(5) Behavioral competence (BC) *(11) The Key to Happiness BC3.1 *(12) Revenge or Forgiveness? BC3.2
(6) Moral competence (MC) *(13) Ideals and Reality MC3.1 *(14) Am I a Superhero? MC3.2
*(15) Lovers' Codes MC3.3 *(16) The Stolen PIN MC3.4
(7) Self-efficacy (SE) *(17) Who Is the Richest? SE3.1 *(18) My Dream! My Way! SE3.2
(8) Prosocial norms (PN) *(19) Who Makes the Call? PN3.1 *(20) Stand Up, Speak Up PN3.2
(9) Resilience (RE) (21) A Contented Heart is a Joyful Heart RE3.1 (22) From Crisis to Opportunity RE3.2
(23) Sorrow and Calamity RE3.3 (24) From Dream to Reality RE3.4
(10) Self-determination (SD) (25) Look Further and Wider SD3.1 (26) Let Me Say It! SD3.2
(11) Spirituality (SP) (27) Fortune's Favorite SP3.1 (28) Where Does Value Lie? SP3.2
(29) Why? SP3.3 (30) The Life Novel SP3.4
(12) Clear and positive identity (ID) (31) Unshakable Me! ID3.1 (32) Men and Women, Past and Present ID3.2
(13) Beliefs in the future (BF) (33) What Will Your Future Be? BF3.1 (34) Job Market BF3.2
(35) Gifts from Heaven BF3.3 (36) Looking Forward BF3.4
(14) Prosocial involvement (PI) (37) Across Generations PI3.1 (38) All Hands on Deck PI3.2
(39) Secret Recipe PI3.3 (40) Polling PI3.4

*Core program.

Note: the 15th construct of "Recognition for Positive Behavior" is used as teaching strategies and is spread over all 14 constructs.