Table 2.

Primary 6 curriculum, teaching aims, and learning outcomes

Construct	Unit	Teaching aims	Learning outcomes After taking this unit, students will be able:
Nature of addiction	NA6.1	To facilitate students to acquire knowledge on different types of addiction and understand the connection between addiction and the body	To understand common characteristics of substance abuse and behavioral addiction To identify the role the brain plays in addiction
	NA6.2	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	CC6.1	To clarify the misconceptions of addiction	To identify misconceptions of addiction To understand factors leading to addictive behaviors
	CC6.2	To cultivate effective decision making and positive coping strategies	To differentiate effective from ineffective decisions To learn healthy cognitive coping strategies, such as positive thinking styles
Emotional competence	EC6.1	To introduce different emotions	To identify how different emotions are experienced To understand the antecedents and consequences of emotions
	EC6.2	To familiarize students with healthy ways to foster positive emotions	To use effective methods to experience positive emotions To enhance emotional self-efficacy
Social competence	SC6.1	To introduce different types of peers and possible peer influences	To identify undesirable peer influence To select friends in a careful manner
	SC6.2	To introduce basic interpersonal skills in social interaction	To express one’s thoughts and feelings in social situations To understand interpersonal conflict and its consequences
Behavioral competence	BC6.1	To introduce peer pressure and its relation to group conformity	To identify situations involving peer pressure To explore ways to deal with conformity
	BC6.2	To learn how to stay away from addiction	To understand impulse control To explore ways to control impulsive addictive behavior