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Diligence tops curriculum values
Diligence has been listed as one of the prioritized values and attitudes for students in the pilot version of the value education curriculum framework that all primary and secondary schools received yesterday.
The framework was prepared by the Standing Committee on Values Education under the Curriculum Development Council of the Education Bureau.
A spokesman of the bureau said this is in response to the recommendation made by the Task Force on Review of School Curriculum last September.
"Building on the features and needs in students' stages of development, the framework lists the learning expectations on their attitudes and behaviors in different domains (personal, family, community, national and global)," the spokesman said, adding that the curriculum framework will link the four key learning stages from primary one to secondary six.
He also said that Chinese culture has been adopted as the backbone to provide schools with a systematic framework to promote values education.
Under the framework, the bureau included "diligence" as a priority value, on top of the existing nine - perseverance, respect for others, responsibility, national identity, commitment, integrity, care for others, law-abidingness and empathy.
This is said to better equip students with virtues to help them understand their responsibility, as a Chinese, to make contributions and protect their families and nation.
The curriculum will emphasize the need of a sense of belonging toward the country from an early age, and help students correctly understand Chinese history and appreciate Chinese culture.
Schoolchildren should also learn to respect the national symbols, including the national flag, emblem and anthem, and understand the importance of the constitution, the Basic Law and national security.
Media and information literacy, as well as life, sex and anti-drug education will also be highlighted.
Schools will be provided with teaching resources such as lesson plans, animations, and comics.
Briefing sessions will also be organized to introduce the contents of the curriculum framework to primary and secondary schools.
The bureau's spokesman said the framework is launched on a trial basis for the current school year, and full implementation is expected in the next school year after listening to primary and secondary schools' experiences.
A spokesman of the bureau said this is in response to the recommendation made by the Task Force on Review of School Curriculum last September.
"Building on the features and needs in students' stages of development, the framework lists the learning expectations on their attitudes and behaviors in different domains (personal, family, community, national and global)," the spokesman said, adding that the curriculum framework will link the four key learning stages from primary one to secondary six.
He also said that Chinese culture has been adopted as the backbone to provide schools with a systematic framework to promote values education.
Under the framework, the bureau included "diligence" as a priority value, on top of the existing nine - perseverance, respect for others, responsibility, national identity, commitment, integrity, care for others, law-abidingness and empathy.
This is said to better equip students with virtues to help them understand their responsibility, as a Chinese, to make contributions and protect their families and nation.
The curriculum will emphasize the need of a sense of belonging toward the country from an early age, and help students correctly understand Chinese history and appreciate Chinese culture.
Schoolchildren should also learn to respect the national symbols, including the national flag, emblem and anthem, and understand the importance of the constitution, the Basic Law and national security.
Media and information literacy, as well as life, sex and anti-drug education will also be highlighted.
Schools will be provided with teaching resources such as lesson plans, animations, and comics.
Briefing sessions will also be organized to introduce the contents of the curriculum framework to primary and secondary schools.
The bureau's spokesman said the framework is launched on a trial basis for the current school year, and full implementation is expected in the next school year after listening to primary and secondary schools' experiences.
