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To be more empathetic towards our students who may have different learning needs / family background which may affect their learning in classroom and not to make assumptions based on our own perceptions.

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Help me to understand our students vulnerablity to social media

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Help me to understand our students vulnerablity to social media

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Help me understand the students more

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Our school DEAR values are more important than ever before

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It has made me aware of the world and future world our students will be navigating. It has also made me aware how I can do my part as a teacher to educate my students abt the issues.

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It has helped me to have even greater empathy for today's parents and their children.

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It has helped me to have even greater empathy for today's parents and their children.

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Be aware n abreast w current affairs as well as local trends. Always Maintain close and good communication with families of students.

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Be aware n abreast w current affairs as well as local trends. Always Maintain close and good communication with families of students.

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Teachers need to learn mediation skills to teach students valuable core soft skills that never become irrelevant with time.

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To learn how to listen n decipher the needs and parents n students

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We can better understand what the students are going through n an ever changing world.

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It has helped to sum up issues our students are facing; social media, VUCA world and home front issues.

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It's a challenging world out there for our students. All the more its important for educators to guide them through in the correct way.

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It serves as a reminder that what worked well for us may no longer work for them. We have to move forward with them in order to live harmoniously with this generation.

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It serves as a reminder that what worked well for us may no longer work for them. We have to move forward with them in order to live harmoniously with this generation.

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It reminds me to spend more quality time with my kids.

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It helps me understand the complexity of the different issues children currently face and how we can play a part in supporting them

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Importance of DEAR

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Seek to understand the child

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To better take care of the well-being of the students, awareness of current trends and issues is important. The students have the opportunities to be the best that they can be. And we teachers play an important role, as we partner with various stakeholders.

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Helps to deepen my understanding on how different students are nowadays. How they learn, their expressions and how to better manage them in totality

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Enable us as teachers to better understand our students and their challenges and possibly guide them towards using their unique skills to contribute to the society.

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Better understand the ever changing needs of my students and that teaching is never linear.

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It gives us a better understanding of how to support students with different needs and disabilities. It had been a fruitful session.

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It gives us a better understanding how to support students with different needs and disabilities. A fruitful session. 

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It gives us a better understanding how to support students with different needs and disabilities. A fruitful session. 

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It allows me to have a better understanding of the different needs in student l

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We need to constantly adapt our ways in which we deal with our students and the challenges they face.

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Instill values & skills in students in navigating their challenges

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Their world is much complicated than we imagined. Parents and teachers need to work together to guide them and equip students with skills to prepare for the unknown and fast changing future. In addition, everyone needs to keep a lookout on the "signs"/warning students are displaying.

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Their world is much complicated than we imagined. Parents and teachers need to work together to guide them and equip students with skills to prepare for the unknown and fast changing future. In addition, everyone needs to keep a lookout on the "signs"/warning students are displaying.

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It helped me better understanding the challenges that our children are facing now and increased my sympathy for them and I plan to understand and support them more in the future.

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The children today are really different from our generation. We need to have more empathy in what they might be facing, especially when they are giving us problems.

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"The scammers" idea of earning from dishonesty is scary. We definitely need a values-centred education.

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It has helped me empathised with the students that may be facing challenges without the knowledge of their peers of teachers.

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It serves as a reminder that our daily interactions with the students are important as we are also their role models.

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It serves as a reminder that our daily interactions with the students are important as we are also their role models.

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It helped me understand more about the world around our children today, so that we will be more mindful and resourceful in teaching and guiding our children in their grownups. 

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It helped me understand more about the world around our children today, so that we will be more mindful and resourceful in teaching and guiding our children in their grownups. 

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It has heightened my awareness about being more mindful of my students' well-being. 

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It has heightened my awareness about being more mindful of my students' well-being. 

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Helps me to find a better approach

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Don’t judge
Don’t assume
Don’t generalise

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I have learnt that students face many different kind of challenges in an ever-changing world and as teachers we need to regularly discuss and adapt.

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This session gives a glimpse of the many challenges the students are facing in this time. As teachers, we need to keep ourselves updated and explore ways to help our students to adapt and develop them to be resilient.

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We have to be equipped and versatile to tackle the ever changing issues that the students are facing.

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Understanding the issues the students might be facing as they faced the future. Learn to be more sensitive to the issues and to do my part as an educator to support and guide the students.

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It has helped me understand the needs of our students.

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Students face different challenges that what we used to face. Be more understanding and find new ways to help them overcome these challenges

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I need to be adaptable and have this skill "learn, learn fast, unlearn and relearn" in this fast-paced economy.

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I need to be adaptable and have this skill "learn, learn fast, unlearn and relearn" in this fast-paced economy.

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It lets me have a deeper look into why students are who they are today.

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Students today are so different from our times. Different issues, different distractions, different challenges. Am glad that MOE thinktank has come up with so many interventions and support to help all the issues faced.

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The way forward is definitely not easy for both students and teachers. We have to look for ways to support and help our teachers and students navigate.

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We need to give students space and opportunities to explore and pursue their interests.

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It has increased awareness of the various issues that students are facing, some of the impact and what we can do as trs. There are interesting ideas on how to partner parents for these issues.

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it enables me to comprehend the complexity and dynamic environment our children faces in today's world. through this I am able to handle challenges with a different mindset.

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As teachers, we also need to keep abreast with developments around us. Not just current affairs but what our students are occupied with...

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As teachers, we also need to keep abreast with developments around us. Not just current affairs but what our students are occupied with...

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We are living in a fast paced world. The way forward is to learn continuously, adapt to changes and be a self-directed and motivated learner. Time waits for no one. If we choose to stay stagnant, we will be left behind.

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It increases my empathy for our children.

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It helped me to understand that students’ lives can be very complex. It is important to support the students as much as we can.

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It has helped me understand the complexities which the students face today and how as a teacher how I can help them make sense and navigate these so that they have better outcomes in future.

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Greater awareness of issues faced by our students in a VUCA world and ways teachers can help navigate the students through this life journey

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The world our students are facing now is much more complicated, with many issues raised for awareness as compared to the past. 

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The world our students are facing now is much more complicated, with many issues raised for awareness as compared to the past. 

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To give students a safe space/environment to express their struggles

To ensure that teachers are well-equipped with relevant/appropriate resources to tackle any issues that may arise

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Students may at certain points become detached from the real world. They start to have unrealistic expectations of the world around them. It is the duty of the adults around them to steer them back on track.

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Students may at certain points become detached from the real world. They start to have unrealistic expectations of the world around them. It is the duty of the adults around them to steer them back on track.

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I think the students nowadays are really going through a lot; in sch, in their family, in social media. We need to constantly read up n know what’s happening and must have a Lifelong Learning mindset to constantly keep up with the latest happenings n not be stubborn enough to refuse change as change is the only constant.

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What we see on the surface may not be what the students are facing. There could be more to what the students are facing in their life that form their behaviour/character/values.

Students like us too need a safe environment to share and a listening ear to their problems. And we teachers can be the middle man for it

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How has this unit helped you in understanding our students and their world?

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How has this unit helped you in understanding our students and their world?

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Have to keep up to date on things around us. To learn and relearn

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It has helped me better understand the challenges that students face in today's world.

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It has helped me better understand the challenges that students face in today's world.

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Our students come to school with different needs, we just never know what are they experiencing at home. As educators, we really need to be on a look out for our students mental and emotional well-being and be equipped with ways to help them, build relationships with them so that they trust us enough to talk to and help create a conducive environment in school.

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I like that there were contrasting news articles that were shared so that different perspectives could be examined. Exploring multiple perspectives and teaching students to do that is the heart of the new CCE curriculum. Teaching students to respond respectfully with empathy is also crucial in this age of new media.

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A good wake-up call and reminder that in order for us to be relevant and effective educators, we ought to develop a keen interest of key trends/issues in our students’ world, nurture a genuine and earnest level of concern for our students’ well-being and cultivate a deep sense of mission as we seek to equip ourselves so as to prepare our students to be most future-ready.

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Students are encouraged to exercise self control in the things that they do. Think first before reacting to any new information.

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Students are encouraged to exercise self control in the things that they do. Think first before reacting to any new information.

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1. Read the materials assigned to your group. Group to decide which article / video each participant will focus on.

2. Pick out the issues and opportunities raised in the materials.
3. Discuss:
a. What is the impact on students and their development? What do students need to learn and what support do they need?

b. What is the impact on teachers and teaching? What support would you require as teachers?

4. Enter your key discussion points on the Padlet. Appoint a representative to share your group’s response.

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2. Addiction to games and spending time and alot of money spent on the games. Gambling involved. Cutting down on social interaction and social life. Get angry easily, implication on behaviors. Parents use gaming as an incentive to discipline the child. Affect the physical health by sleeping late. Affect the time to studies, studies will be affected.

3a. Impact on students and development: lose focus in studies. Emotional. Less social interaction. They need to learn more about self control, financial literacy.

3b: Impact on T&L: students want instant gratification and entertaining lesson and becomes impatient.

Support: Parents to look out for the well being of the kids. Parental control on the laptop. Parents to bring their kids outdoors. Establish routine with the kids from young. School can conduct talks to parents and students. Educate financial literacy to the students, which can be done in both school and parents at home.

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1. Pick out the issues and opportunities raised in the materials.
- Pace to acquire skills is too fast
- Need to keep renewing skills. However need to convince employers to employ people who may reskill midway
- We can never be done with learning so need to continue learning

2. Discuss:
a. What is the impact on students and their development? What do students need to learn and what support do they need?
- Need to focus on acquiring skills and learning for life, it's not just about the results
- Need to be discerning when accessing information
- Need to learn, learn fast, unlearn and relearn
- Need to learn to collaborate and working as part of a team

b. What is the impact on teachers and teaching? What support would you require as teachers?
- DEAR!!
- Need to teach students mediation, communication skills
- Make micro modules available
- Teachers too need to learn, learn fast, unlearn and relearn
- More personnel so that teachers can go out and learn and relearn
- More diversity in staff employment.
- Focus on applying of knowledge learnt
- Create platforms for students to connect, collaborate and create
- more opportunities and platforms for exchange programmes

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2. Fake news, heavy usage of social media, online gaming
- lack of parental control as more or on dual income
- it becomes the simplest way to parent them
- parents do not educate them on the correct usage and mindset
- social media and gadgets are given too early

3a: Impact on students:
- it becomes part of their life,
- they lack the discernment to manage it wisely
- false reality; disconnected from the rest of the real world
what do they need to learn:
- discernment, maneuvering social media in the correct way
- critical thinking skills

3b: Impact on teachers:
- need to set more rules and regulations before we set
- teach them how to look for reliable online sources
- critical thinking skills need to not just be taught; it needs to be practised with the students
Support:
- to put in place more white space for educators to teach and practise these skills with students
- to have the authority as trusted adults to guide their children

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Article 1: Writer is using data to show children with divorced parents do not have higher achievements in life later on. These children also tend to not get married.
Article 2: Being in a conflicted family is more detrimental than getting a divorce. Children usually end up needing more support and counselling.
Article 3: How parents can partner schools to help their children do well. It is beneficial for the students when parents work closely with the school.
Article 4: High costs of living & Support from Govt - Dual income is needed to sustain a family of 4, senior citizens requiring $1400 per month for daily necessities. Huge wage inequality is an issue in Sg. Cost of living is also very dependant on spending & priorities (Eg. tuition).

Impact on Students
- unequal access of resources to these children
- UPLIFT for these students
- the need for a safe space, a listening ear & some flexibility and understanding by teachers (to submission of work) due to family situations
- emotionally unstable due to what has happened at home

Impact on Teachers & Teaching
- do not assume students' situation / what he is facing at home
- always provide students a safe space, a listening ear to hear them out to find out more
- always good to know beforehand so that teachers are able to support that child better

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Preparing your child with special educational needs for a mainstream school

Impact on students
a) - Parents identify the issue
- Seek professional help to ascertain the suitability
- early intervention, routines, expectations and their needs
- transparency, parents don't withhold any info
- after school support prog for this group of students

Impact on teachers & teaching
- equipped with resources
- teachers would need extra help esp the lower pri
- a community to lend extra support
- create a room with relaxing environment for students to go to when they have meltdown.

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Article 2: Conflict in families has more negative outcomes on children than divorce does

2. Issues/Stressors:
- financial hardship
- family dysfunction
- conflict among spouses - parental conflict

Opportunities:

3a.  Conflict in families will definitely affect the child. It is impt to understand the background of the child esp for those who exhibit disciplinary issues.
They may bring/demonstrate a learned behaviour from home to school. They feel that it is acceptable since it is done at home.

Support structure:
- Make a conscious effort to reduce the stigma
- Understand the 'baggage'
- changing the students' mindset of what is acceptable and what is not

3b. Close collaboration with SNO.

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·      What students are learning now, may not be 100% relevant in the future. This is why lifelong and continuous learning is important. Learning how to adapt to changes and keep up with global issues.

·      You need more than good grades to get a job now. There is an increasing importance of soft skills for the future of work.

·      It is important to equip our students with up-to-date industry-specific knowledge and life skills that will make them strong leaders, innovative thinkers, and agile lifelong learners.

·      Helping students think more critically about global issues and linking their learning to their personal lives will make them more well-rounded.

·      It is important to provide learning opportunities and pathways for all students, regardless of backgrounds and disabilities.

·      As the world transitions into a greener and more digital economy, students should have the chance to develop new skills required for future jobs.

·      Being open to collaboration to find solutions to solve problems.

·      Pursuing what they like to do is important. Only when students have the interest, will they excel in their area of work.

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Issues:
1. Increase in SEN students.
2. SEN students not ready for mainstream schools.
3. Parents not ready to share more information about their SEN kids.
Opportunities:
1. Steps parents can take to prepare children.

Impact & Development:
1. SEN children finds challenging to adapt the rigour of MS schools.
2. Expectations of norms (behavioural & social differs)
3. How to help MS students and teachers to relate to SEN pupils and providing support to SEN.

Impact for Teachers:
1. Training for teachers to engage SEN pupils ina classroom of 40 pupils, how to engage them, practicing empathy and patience, etc.
2. Mental and emotional capactity of teachers.

Support for Teachers:
1.  Helpline if teacher cannot handle SEN pupils.
2. Training and support by SEN officers school counsellors.
3. Raising awareness via learning attachment.

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Resources for Family Education and Influence of Home Environment

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Resources for Family Education and Influence of Home Environment

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Changing Education and Career Landscape​ 

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Changing Education and Career Landscape​ 

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Key Trends, Issues & Opportunities
More awareness on diversities of diversity - Beyond race, culture, different abilities and socio-economic statues.

Impacts on Students
They will need to be more clear minded, as they are more aware of the diverse needs and situations.

Impact on Teachers & Teachers
To explore how in the classroom setting, we can bring in the diversity. As such, we need to create that safe space to discuss about it. It's a sensitive issue, as such, respect is the underlying principle when discussing about it.

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The world that our children will face in future, will definitely be vastly different from ours. However, there will definitely be values and principles that will be unchanging that they can learn now, that will help them navigate life. As teachers, we will have to keep abreast with trends to better connect and guide with our kids, while being anchored in principles and values.

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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/building-resilience-in-children-parents-play-key-role-should-develop-a-relationship-with-children-from-a-young-age

Students that come from dysfunctional homes have higher tendencies to experience adverse effects (lower academic achievements, low self-esteem, e.t.c)

a. What is the impact on students and their development?

Students have less confidence, low self-esteem. Becomes abusive. Negative impacts.

What do students need to learn and what support do they need?
They need to learn to de-conflict between what is within their control. Understand that conflict between parents are not their fault.

They need to learn that they should speak up and they can seek help from trusted adults such as teachers and school counsellors (communication).

b. What is the impact on teachers and teaching? What support would you require as teachers?

Teachers are now expected to be more sensitive and observant. Responsive to students with such needs.

Teachers need more information on our students' background that can be summarised for reference.

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Resources for Mental Health and Resilience

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Resources for Mental Health and Resilience

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Resources for Diversity in our Island Home

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Resources for Diversity in our Island Home

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Family Education and Influence of Home Environment

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Family Education and Influence of Home Environment

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Resources for Changing Education and Career Landscape​ 

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Article 3

3a. students will be able to continue their HBL (fixed laptops). students experience the kindness from the strangers and hopefully they will be able to pay it forward. inspire them to use their unique skills to contribute. can do good through small acts.

3b. students may be ahead of the teachers in terms of skills and knowledge. teachers needs to know how to facilitate and guide the students. therefore more important for teachers to ensure students quipped with the right values/skills and contribute in their character building. (problem solving skills/critical thinking skills/D.E.A.R)