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Important point to focus:-

Elementary school curriculum can play a tremendous role in building courteous and mindful societies in following ways:- (LEARNING FROM JAPAN EDUCATION MODEL)

FOCUSSING UPON NON-COGNITIVE ELEMENTS
Important aspect of the Japanese curriculum is its emphasis on non-cognitive elements. Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) explains ‘Chi-Toku-Tai’ as the defining features of Japanese schooling.
 Chi, which translates to ‘know’ lay an emphasis on building strong academic abilities.
 Toku, translates to ‘virtue’ and refers to mindfulness, self-discipline, and cooperative abilities. And last,
 Tai, translates to ‘body, and refers to physical and mental well-being.

SHAPING SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Moral education includes norms that define socially responsible and considerate behaviour towards everyone including nature. For example, as a summer project, students venture out in nature observing beetles, cicadas, crickets and sketching or noting their characteristics in their ‘insect diary’.

Students as young as first graders take turns to clean their classrooms, washrooms, serve school lunches, and water the plants at school. When students cross a pedestrian crossing while making a driver wait, they bow in a ‘thank you’ to express gratitude.
While these are some examples, the essence is that elementary school curriculum can play a tremendous role in building courteous and mindful societies.

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