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A complete education in the truest sense
August 29, 2012, Wednesday
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THE key purpose of education is to provide a child with knowledge; to broaden and deepen their all-round understanding. But knowledge alone is not enough: the ability to exercise thinking with responsible flexibility and an inner moral compass are widely seen today as crucial to a person's future.
What kind of person are we when no one is watching? What kind of person are we when it really matters? These are times that exhibit the true test of character.
Educator Dr Betty Chan, director of Yew Chung International School in China's Hong Kong and mainland and USA, states, "Our commitment to education today recognizes the necessity for thinking and acting from insular to universal. YCIS acknowledges our human obligation to cultivate a new generation that will take care of the environmental, social and economic challenges ahead. We should ask ourselves, what kind of person would we wish to drive the world's direction? Linked with our commitment to global education is the vision to promote the inner moral compass."
How does a school place a balanced emphasis on character building to develop a child's moral compass?
At YCIS, character education is delivered using a research-based program as a regular feature on the timetable. The teachers focus on one positive character trait a month, bringing real situations and examples to the classroom for open discussions. By sharing their appreciation of these values, the students receive a deeper understanding of the effect this can have on themselves or others.
A school serves as a microscopic version of our entire society. Dr Chan embraces the use of character education for students in all YCIS classrooms, saying: "This balance will enable them to take the helm and steer their way through human complexities, enabling them to exhibit goodness, honesty and compassion with confidence."
YCIS students are given the opportunity to enhance appreciation, respect and tolerance of other cultures; thus deepening their moral obligation to our world. Of course, parents have the responsibility of choosing a school for their child with care and caution.
Dr Chan says, "Parents making this important decision need to look inside the classroom for evidence of quality education for their child - what is happening within that environment."
Through close cooperation between school and home, this partnership can help steer the path for students. With this framework in place, a YCIS student is bound to be at an advantage, with their moral compass set to take on the unknown challenges of the future.
According to www.charactereducationnews.com, "Character education is more important today than ever. We live in a society that has not been taught sustained basic moral values. The value of life and property, the value of respect and honesty. We constantly see in the news that character is set aside for the feeling of the moment. Anger, jealousy and selfishness are instead placed center stage and acted upon. The time has come to bring character to the forefront again and raise the moral values we have as a society, and as individuals."
After all, it is the learning in school that will impact and transform the future of a child and their world; and at YCIS, it's what's inside that really matters.
What kind of person are we when no one is watching? What kind of person are we when it really matters? These are times that exhibit the true test of character.
Educator Dr Betty Chan, director of Yew Chung International School in China's Hong Kong and mainland and USA, states, "Our commitment to education today recognizes the necessity for thinking and acting from insular to universal. YCIS acknowledges our human obligation to cultivate a new generation that will take care of the environmental, social and economic challenges ahead. We should ask ourselves, what kind of person would we wish to drive the world's direction? Linked with our commitment to global education is the vision to promote the inner moral compass."
How does a school place a balanced emphasis on character building to develop a child's moral compass?
At YCIS, character education is delivered using a research-based program as a regular feature on the timetable. The teachers focus on one positive character trait a month, bringing real situations and examples to the classroom for open discussions. By sharing their appreciation of these values, the students receive a deeper understanding of the effect this can have on themselves or others.
A school serves as a microscopic version of our entire society. Dr Chan embraces the use of character education for students in all YCIS classrooms, saying: "This balance will enable them to take the helm and steer their way through human complexities, enabling them to exhibit goodness, honesty and compassion with confidence."
YCIS students are given the opportunity to enhance appreciation, respect and tolerance of other cultures; thus deepening their moral obligation to our world. Of course, parents have the responsibility of choosing a school for their child with care and caution.
Dr Chan says, "Parents making this important decision need to look inside the classroom for evidence of quality education for their child - what is happening within that environment."
Through close cooperation between school and home, this partnership can help steer the path for students. With this framework in place, a YCIS student is bound to be at an advantage, with their moral compass set to take on the unknown challenges of the future.
According to www.charactereducationnews.com, "Character education is more important today than ever. We live in a society that has not been taught sustained basic moral values. The value of life and property, the value of respect and honesty. We constantly see in the news that character is set aside for the feeling of the moment. Anger, jealousy and selfishness are instead placed center stage and acted upon. The time has come to bring character to the forefront again and raise the moral values we have as a society, and as individuals."
After all, it is the learning in school that will impact and transform the future of a child and their world; and at YCIS, it's what's inside that really matters.
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