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Positive values, skills, and attitudes, as derived from
the Regents Goals for Elementary and Secondary Education,
permeate all of the curriculum materials developed
by the State Education Department. All of these
skills, attitudes, and values are transmitted through all
of the content areas. For example:
• Social Studies Syllabus: Grade 3 Understandings
include that families exist in all communities,
though they may differ in type and organization.
• English Language Arts Syllabus: Grades K-12 Chart
of Expectations for Student Writers Grades K-3
includes that students will express personal
feelings, reactions, values, interests, or attitudes.
• Arts for Elementary School: A Syllabus identifies
anticipated learning outcomes to include that
students will understand other points of view.
• Elementary Science Syllabus includes among its
program goals that students will solve problems
effectively and with ease.
Instruction in all content areas should focus on helping
students gain the knowledge, skills, and experience
necessary for them to understand the importance of
civic values to our society. Instruction should also promote
the development of self-esteem, the maintenance
of health, and the understanding of the effects of drugs.
No single syllabus or guide in any content area is sufficient
to accomplish these goals. Lessons in the various
subjects should reinforce each other, collectively leading
to establishment of the goals. The AIDS guide has a
role to play in this process. However, the guide has not
been designed to accomplish this purpose by itself.
The Health Education Syllabus: Grades K-12 defines the
following outcomes for health education:
• to develop awareness of the role of health in the
lives of individuals, families, and the community
• to nurture the development of attitudes that place
a high value on optimal health'
• to foster the development of self-awareness and
self-esteem
• to provide students with the understandings and
skills required to set goals, make informed
decisions, and solee health problems
• to enable students to deal effectively with change
and take increasing responsibility for health.
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