Table 1 Primary 5 curriculum, teaching aims, and learning outcomes

Nature of addiction

NA5.1

To facilitate students to acquire knowledge about different types of addiction and common signs of addiction

To understand common characteristics of substance abuse and behavioral addiction

To identify drug tolerance and withdrawal as common signs of addiction

NA5.2

To enhance students’ awareness of short term and long term consequences of addiction

To identify short and long term negative physiological, psychological, and social impacts of addiction

Cognitive competence

CC5.1

To clarify the misconceptions of addiction

To identify facts and misconceptions of addiction

CC5.2

To cultivate effective decision making

To understand factors affecting decision making

To differentiate effective from ineffective decision making

Emotional competence

EC5.1

To introduce different emotions

To understand how different emotions are experienced

To distinguish different emotional states (i.e., positive and negative emotions)

EC5.2

To familiarize students with healthy ways to foster positive emotions

To use effective methods to experience positive emotions

Social competence

SC5.1

To introduce different types of peers and possible peer influences

To differentiate between good friends and bad friends

SC5.2

To introduce basic interpersonal skills in social interaction

To understand the skills on assertiveness

Behavioral competence

BC5.1

To explain peer pressure and its relation to group conformity

To understand situations involving peer pressure

BC5.2

To learn how to stay away from addiction

To be able to say “no” to addictive agents