Fostering Self Development through Character Edu | 品格生活教育促进个人发展

One of the most important characteristics of our Principles and Practices at YCIS Beijing is that we believe that the core purpose of education is character formation, and it is the most important shared responsibility of the school and home. Within the school, there are designated programmes which are aimed at teaching students about charity, environmental responsibility, and most importantly develop compassion for others while having a strong sense of self. These contribute to our holistic approach to education in preparation for a life post-school.

 Events that Foster Character Formation

Gillian Wong, YCIS Beijing Secondary Coordinator describes character formation as "the exploration of the whole person for holistic learning. It is aimed at promoting a student's moral, social, emotional and cultural development."

Through students' daily interactions with their teachers and classmates, aspects of character formation are explored in several ways;

Weekly assemblies play a key role to enhance and support learner disposition.

Tutor time offers an opportunity to encourage, discuss and reflect on the character traits and develop strong pastoral and relationship between tutor and tutee.

Study strategies and self-study lessons are also a key element to character education as they prepare and equip students with skills for how to learn best and encourage students to be reflective on their strengths and weakness

Events also form a crucial part of the character formation as they encourage to participate in wide-ranging charitable events that stand to benefit the community. Some of the events which were organized by both the school, our Parent Organisation and students themselves are the Christmas Wish Tree Project where YCIS Beijing Primary students gift students who belong to the Migrant Children's Foundation with Christmas presents. Another event is 30 Hour Famine "where Years 12 and 13 students organize a day and stay over the night with simple activities while going experiencing what is like go without food for 24 hours". said Ms Wong.

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"The Annual Philippines Trip is another great example of a project that forms part of the character education programme. Students will volunteer and spend a week to help build a school within an urban poor area outside the city of Manila. These students will offer a service and experience life alongside local Filipinos"

The Seeds of Hope Concert and numerous student-led CAS(Creativity, Activity and Service) clubs also contribute to the development of students in this regard.

The Benefits

Character formation is an extension of the academic excellence we strive for because it benefits students in the following ways:

• It prepares students to participate fully and responsibly in a multicultural and diverse society.

• It develops an appreciation for good character traits such as kindness, diligence, and responsibility

• It encourages students to consistently demonstrate positive behaviour and attitudes

• It gives students the skillset to manage a wider range of interactions and challenges

It focuses on embracing diversity and respect to truly become global citizens.

The recently introduced Life Skills Programme is another way we are developing students academically, emotionally and socially. Click here to learn more about the programme.

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北京耀中的教育理念与实践最重要的特征是我们坚信教育的核心目的是培养学生的品格，这是学校和家庭最重要的共同责任。在学校里，我们有专门的课程旨在教导学生有关慈善、环境责任，最重要的是培养他们的同情心，同时拥有强烈的自我意识。这些有助于我们的全人教育法为学生今后的生活做好准备。

有助于培育品格的活动

北京耀中中学部协调员Gillian Wong将性格的形成描述为“探索整个人的全面学习”。它的目的是促进学生的道德、社交、情感和文化发展。”

学生通过与老师、同学的日常互动，探究性格形成的几个方面

每周集会对巩固和支持学生的品格起着重要的作用。

导师时间提供了一个鼓励、讨论和反思学生性格特点的机会，培养学生品德和导师与学生之间的关系。

学习策略和自学课程也是品格生活教育的关键因素，因为它们为学生准备和培养如何学习最好的技能，并鼓励学生反思自己的长处和弱点

活动也是品格道德培育的关键部分，鼓励学生参与广泛的慈善活动，这有利于社区。学校、家长协会和学生共同组织的活动包括“圣诞许愿树计划”，在这个计划中，北京耀中小学部的孩子们将圣诞礼物送给了民工子弟基金会的孩子们。另一个活动是“饥饿30小时”，“是12和13年级学生组织的一天一夜的简单活动，体验没有食物的24小时”。Wong女士说

一年一度的菲律宾之旅是品格生活教育课程的另一个很好的例子。学生们将成为志愿者，用一周的时间在马尼拉城外的城市贫困地区帮助建立一所学校。这些学生将提供服务并体验与当地菲律宾人一起生活。”

 “希望种子”音乐会和众多由学生领导的CAS俱乐部也为学生在这方面的发展做出了贡献。

好处

品格道德培育是我们所追求的卓越学术成就的延伸，因为它在以下方面对学生有益;

它培养学生充分和负责任地参与一个多元文化和多样化的社会。

培养对善良、勤奋和负责任等良好品格特征的欣赏能力

鼓励学生不断展示积极的行为和态度

它为学生提供了管理更广泛的互动和挑战的技能

它注重多样性和彼此尊重，成就真正的全球公民。

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最近推出的生活技能课程是我们在学业、情感和社交方面培养学生的另一种方式。点击此处了解有关课程的更多信息。