Back in 2014, our schools implemented what is called “character and citizenship education” (CCE). It was implemented in 2014. Education Minister Ong said that “the aim is for children to develop a sense of identity and values from the time they are young so that these guide their relationships with their families, peers and community.”
Under the present syllabus, it is understood that primary school pupils get one to 1.5 hours of CCE lessons a week. During these sessions, they discuss values and good habits and how these could be applied to their lives. They have activities like role playing, group work, storytelling, or a time of reflection or journal writing.
Now, let’s get this off our chest: no one here should have any illusions that one or two hours a week of CCE is going to build resilience in our child to meet the adversity and emotional turmoil they will face in the world out there. But it is nevertheless a step in the right direction.
Judith Rodin, author of “The resilience dividend” defines it as “the capacity of any entity – an individual, a community, an organization, or a natural system – to prepare for disruptions, to recover from shocks and stresses, and to adapt and grow from a disruptive experience.”
This is a flowingly eloquent definition, but in a nation where the overwhelmingly 70% fears failure (to the extent that it paralyses them due to excessive competitions and comparisons), how do you build within them (or even us as parents) resilience that is able to fail gracefully?
Undeniably, our kids take failing seriously, too seriously. The last thing they want others (or their peers and parents) to know is how weak they are, how vulnerable they can be, and how they face such struggles that they often cry for help in silence.
More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2019/12/5-years-later-what-has-become-of-moes.html
Under the present syllabus, it is understood that primary school pupils get one to 1.5 hours of CCE lessons a week. During these sessions, they discuss values and good habits and how these could be applied to their lives. They have activities like role playing, group work, storytelling, or a time of reflection or journal writing.
Now, let’s get this off our chest: no one here should have any illusions that one or two hours a week of CCE is going to build resilience in our child to meet the adversity and emotional turmoil they will face in the world out there. But it is nevertheless a step in the right direction.
Judith Rodin, author of “The resilience dividend” defines it as “the capacity of any entity – an individual, a community, an organization, or a natural system – to prepare for disruptions, to recover from shocks and stresses, and to adapt and grow from a disruptive experience.”
This is a flowingly eloquent definition, but in a nation where the overwhelmingly 70% fears failure (to the extent that it paralyses them due to excessive competitions and comparisons), how do you build within them (or even us as parents) resilience that is able to fail gracefully?
Undeniably, our kids take failing seriously, too seriously. The last thing they want others (or their peers and parents) to know is how weak they are, how vulnerable they can be, and how they face such struggles that they often cry for help in silence.
More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2019/12/5-years-later-what-has-become-of-moes.html
