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Table 2 Primary 6 curriculum, teaching aims, and learning outcomes

From: Development, implementation, and evaluation of a multi-addiction prevention program for primary school students in Hong Kong: the B.E.S.T. Teen Program

Construct

Unit

Teaching aims

Learning outcomes

After taking this unit, students will be able:

Nature of addiction

NA6.1

To facilitate students to acquire knowledge on different types of addiction and understand the connection between addiction and the body

To understand common characteristics of substance abuse and behavioral addiction

To identify the role the brain plays in addiction

NA6.2

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

CC6.1

To clarify the misconceptions of addiction

To identify misconceptions of addiction

To understand factors leading to addictive behaviors

CC6.2

To cultivate effective decision making and positive coping strategies

To differentiate effective from ineffective decisions

To learn healthy cognitive coping strategies, such as positive thinking styles

Emotional competence

EC6.1

To introduce different emotions

To identify how different emotions are experienced

To understand the antecedents and consequences of emotions

EC6.2

To familiarize students with healthy ways to foster positive emotions

To use effective methods to experience positive emotions

To enhance emotional self-efficacy

Social competence

SC6.1

To introduce different types of peers and possible peer influences

To identify undesirable peer influence

To select friends in a careful manner

SC6.2

To introduce basic interpersonal skills in social interaction

To express one’s thoughts and feelings in social situations

To understand interpersonal conflict and its consequences

Behavioral competence

BC6.1

To introduce peer pressure and its relation to group conformity

To identify situations involving peer pressure

To explore ways to deal with conformity

BC6.2

To learn how to stay away from addiction

To understand impulse control

To explore ways to control impulsive addictive behavior