Table 1.

Primary 5 curriculum, teaching aims, and learning outcomes

Construct	Unit	Teaching aims	Learning outcomes After taking this unit, students will be able:
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
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