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CCE isn’t just an ‘extra subject’. It’s education at its core
Character and Citizenship Education has a critical role in schools as students navigate a complex and polarised world.
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Character and Citizenship Education provides an important avenue for developing wisdom and discernment as youth are increasingly bombarded with information, says the writer.
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Suzanne Choo
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A group of Primary 5 students sit on the floor in a circle. The teacher asks them to share what the word “love” means to them, and to back this up with a reason.
Next, she divides the students into smaller groups, each with a stack of cards with words such as durian, games, parents and elderly family members. They are asked to categorise them according to “easy to love”, “hard to love” and “impossible to love”.
