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Insight: There is indeed a pressing need for our students to practise their "civic muscles" so that the future generations of Singapore will be kind, empathetic, and will want to make a difference / impact.

Pity - Oh, poor thing.

Sympathy - Oh, poor thing. I understand how you feel.

Empathy - Oh, poor thing. I understand how you feel. What can I do to make things better?

Challenge: But the heart work is not easy. It is a tall order to reach when educators in school are fighting battles that are immediate and current (syllabus, results, etc). There is no time and space for teachers and students to deal with challenges that do not directly impact them, yet.

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Start by influencing the mindset of those close to us.

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Intentionality and competency are key ingredients for successful IC programmes. An effective and authentic IC can be very much divergent in nature, as students feel connected to different issues from the same starting point, and commence research or probing relevant to their intended goals. From this pov, there is quite a lot to invest for schools and teachers to achieve sufficient ROI. Starting small, and preparing learners with the skillsets would be good.

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challenge - how can we make civic engagement more altruistic instead of it being purely another school experience for students

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If the primary intention of these programmes is to enhance academic performance, then the authenticity tends to be compromised. It is more about the heart, less about facts and figures.

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What resonates most?

As an individual, I need to be aware of what is happening in my surroundings so I can better contribute to my students learning. I should not see this civic engagement as a ‘checklist’ activity. I can value add their learning through small steps such as linking it to my subject matter. Continue to make small steps and be sincere in our approach to civic engagement

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What.. how... should we teach...?

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It takes time to build a culture. It is about touching hearts and souls of people. There are no shortcuts or easy way out.

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Challenge:

Engaging Different groups of teachers for their buy in

How to get them to see that this is meaningful and not just another tick off the box.

I do think Gen Z teachers may find this exciting though.

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Start small, dream big

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How do we define education as a platform to improve the society with our knowledge rather than only a platform to gain knowledge for our personal progression?

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Challenge

I think the hardest part is to create buy in for adults for them to jump into this civic mindedness bandwagon.

While we advocate a, b, c but then we see our own adults doing otherwise the advocacy goes down the drain.

I would like to encourage everyone to start what we want to advocate at home and then carry it out to the world. (Tough but doable💪💪💪💪)

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Thanks Weng for the recycling initiative. Let’s build on the efforts of our programmes and curriculum and extend the AAC: Awareness, Appreciation and Care.

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Challenge is not providing more information or educating but more of changing mindsets, attitudes and developing a culture.

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Challenges

Teacher's workload and mindspace to plan and execute meaningful discussion and activities to engage students in "reading" the world.

Student's time is highly stretched by conflicting demands from schools and home.

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