Table 1.
Primary 5 curriculum, teaching aims, and learning outcomes
Construct | Unit | Teaching aims | Learning outcomes After taking this unit, students will be able: |
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Nature of addiction | NA5.1 | To facilitate students to acquire knowledge about different types of addiction and common signs of addiction | To understand common characteristics of substance abuse and behavioral addiction To identify drug tolerance and withdrawal as common signs of addiction |
NA5.2 | To enhance students’ awareness of short term and long term consequences of addiction | To identify short and long term negative physiological, psychological, and social impacts of addiction | |
Cognitive competence | CC5.1 | To clarify the misconceptions of addiction | To identify facts and misconceptions of addiction |
CC5.2 | To cultivate effective decision making | To understand factors affecting decision making To differentiate effective from ineffective decision making |
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Emotional competence | EC5.1 | To introduce different emotions | To understand how different emotions are experienced To distinguish different emotional states (i.e., positive and negative emotions) |
EC5.2 | To familiarize students with healthy ways to foster positive emotions | To use effective methods to experience positive emotions | |
Social competence | SC5.1 | To introduce different types of peers and possible peer influences | To differentiate between good friends and bad friends |
SC5.2 | To introduce basic interpersonal skills in social interaction | To understand the skills on assertiveness | |
Behavioral competence | BC5.1 | To explain peer pressure and its relation to group conformity | To understand situations involving peer pressure |
BC5.2 | To learn how to stay away from addiction | To be able to say “no” to addictive agents |