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CHARACTER AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION (CCE) FRAMEWORK
In Springfield Secondary School, we seek to develop Students with a passion for learning, shape leaders of character and develop useful citizens through a comprehensive education. We want Students to be grounded in strong values such as Graciousness, Responsibility, Resilience, Integrity and Diligence, so that they will lead by example for the common good of society. Values and character development remain the core of what we do in Springfield, and our Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) framework provides an overview of how we continue to provide opportunities to our Students in inculcating Values and building competencies so that they become good individuals and useful Citizens.
Our CCE framework is also aligned with MOE’s framework for 21st Century Competencies and Student Outcomes. Our approach to conceptualise the CCE framework will be the ‘1-6’ approach as illustrated in the diagram.
1 – OBJECTIVES
2 – PLATFORMS
3 – COMPETENCIES & 3 BIG IDEAS
4 – DESIRED OUTCOMES OF EDUCATION
5 – SCHOOL VALUES & 5 SEL COMPETENCIES
6 – CCE PARTNERS
1 OBJECTIVE OF CCE
The main objective of the CCE programme is to engage Students in the development of their knowledge, skills, values and attitudes and to mould them into persons of good character and useful citizens.
2 CCE PLATFORMS
There are two main components in our CCE Framework: Formal Curriculum and Co-Curriculum.
The Formal Curriculum is made up of both class-based CCE Lessons and School-based CCE activities such as the assembly programmes and CCE Guidance Modules. The Co-Curriculum refers to programmes and activities that occur beyond the Classroom. The Co-Curriculum consists of Student Leadership, Values in Action, Co-Curricular Activities and Enrichment & Lifeskills modules.
3 COMPETENCIES AND 3 BIG IDEAS
The 3 Big Ideas – Identity, Relationships and Choices – are interconnected and therefore have an impact on one another. Students need to know who they are in order to relate positively with others. The relationships forged help shape their identities and influence the choices they make. The ability to make good and informed choices impacts their understandings of their own identity and relationships they form.
Our CCE programme aims to equip Students with the 21st Century Competencies to meet the challenges of a globalized and interdependent world. The following are the three 21st Century Competencies:
1. Civic Literacy, Global Awareness & Cross-cultural Skills
2. Critical and Inventive Thinking
3. Information and Communication Skills
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