LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The Cultural Exchange and Values-in-Actions trip to Ho Chi Minh City has two key components focusing on Values-in-Action and the 21st Century Competencies. The Values-in-Action programme is designed to enhance participants’ development as socially responsible citizens through ownership of their contribution to the community they are placed in. In addition, the trip also seeks to help participants further develop their 21st Century Competencies outside the school curriculum.
Through the Values-in-Action programme, we aim to :
We also aim to develop participants' 21st Century Competencies through:
Through the Values-in-Action programme, we aim to :
- enhance participants’ sense of civic engagement and responsibility through taking ownership in planning and executing activities to effect a positive change in the community that they might not be familiar in;
- as such, participants are encourage to work and interact positively out of their comfort zone, building on their self-reliance, resilience, discipline and a spirit of service to others.
- Last but not least, the goodwill between Edgefield Secondary School and the staff and students of NGUYEN TRAI Secondary School will also be improved through the VIA programme.
We also aim to develop participants' 21st Century Competencies through:
- raising their awareness of global issues and trends via experiential learning conducted during the trip;
- participants will also display socio-cultural and religious sensitivity by appreciating Vietnamese culture and history.
- Moreover, participants will develop an awareness of how community and national issues of a country and her relations with other countries can influence the country's culture, socio-economic development, governance and the future at a macro [societal] as well as at the micro [daily interactions] level.
- Participants will therefore develop a strong sense of appreciation and feeling towards Singapore and be a concerned citizen of Singapore being our home and country.
- Last but not least, the trip provides opportunities for learning beyond the syllabus of the usual UG Training and foster greater interaction and bonding between the different UGs’ teachers and cadets.