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CIVICS AND MORAL EDUCATION SYLLABUS Secondary 2007 © Copyright 2006 Curriculum Planning and Development Division. This publication is not for sale. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior permission of the Ministry of Education, Singapore. 1 CONTENTS Overview 3 Syllabus Content ¹ Respect 11 ¹ Responsibility 21 ¹ Integrity 35 ¹ Care 43 ¹ Resilience 51 ISBN 981-05-5267-X ¹ Harmony 61 2 Overview 3 CIVICS AND MORAL EDUCATION (SECONDARY) SYLLABUS INTRODUCTION − rapid advancements in technology, e.g. Information Values are the foundation of a person’s character. They determine his Technology and the Life Sciences beliefs and his attitudes towards life, the people around him and the world at large. Civics and Moral Education (CME) focuses on Alignment with the Desired Outcomes of Education in the area developing the moral well-being of our students by helping them of character development and citizenship acquire and live by the values that guide them to make appropriate choices and determine their behaviour and attitudes towards Provision of opportunities for pupils to learn the values and themselves, others and the environment. While the family plays a competencies outlined in the framework for Social and Emotional significant role in shaping moral development in a child, the school Learning (SEL) also plays an equally important role in equipping him with knowledge and life skills, and nurturing in him correct attitudes so that he will Alignment between the needs of students at different develop into a morally upright, caring and responsible individual and developmental stages and pedagogical considerations, e.g. citizen. language suitability, selection of topics, design of activities, and interdisciplinary project work and assessment RATIONALE The Civics and Moral Education (Secondary) Syllabus is designed to Incorporation of education initiatives such as Economic Literacy anchor our young in sound moral principles. It is important for them to and Financial Literacy be morally upright and understand the relevance of moral values in a modern society. GOAL OF CME The overarching goal of CME is to nurture a person of good character, Students also need to be equipped with social emotional who is caring and acts responsibly towards self, family, community, competencies to be able to live out their values in an effective manner. nation and the world. Some fundamental questions related to CME are This will enable them to make wise decisions amidst the vast array of listed below: choices available to them. As citizens, our young need to cultivate Who am I? values which develop a sense of belonging to Singapore and build − What are my values and beliefs? Do they make me a person confidence in the future of our nation. of good character? − How do I apply my values and beliefs? The following considerations were made in the development of the − What are my goals? How meaningful are they? CME syllabus: − How can I prepare myself for the future? − How do I relate to others and the environment? Emerging Trends that may affect the social environment and norms, such as What are my roles and how can I contribute in − a rapidly ageing population − my family? − weakening family ties, dual-income nuclear families and − my community? higher divorce rates − the nation? − globalisation, international cooperation and competition − the world? − growth of a knowledge-based economy, higher job mobility and economic re-structuring 4
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