Summary of doctoral dissertation on education: Life skills education for ethnic minority elementary school pupils in Northern mountainous regions of Viet Nam

Summary of doctoral dissertation on education: Life skills education for ethnic minority elementary school pupils in Northern mountainous regions of Viet Nam purpose the project is to suggest solutions in the life skills education for ethnic minority elementary pupils in Northern mountainous regions through teaching Nature and Society, and Science subjects to stimulate the pupils in initiative learning, improvement of life skills and education quality of life skills through these subjects.
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Summary of doctoral dissertation on education: Life skills education for ethnic minority elementary school pupils in Northern mountainous regions of Viet Nam MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING THE VIETNAM INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES NGUYEN THI THU HANG LIFE SKILLS EDUCATIONFOR ETHNIC MINORITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILSIN NORTHERN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF VIETNAM Major: THEORY AND HISTORY OF EDUCATION Code: 62 14 01 02 SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION ON EDUCATION HA NOI - 2013 The dissertation was completed in: The Institute of Educational Science The scientific advisors: 1. ASSOC.PROF.DR. NGUYEN THI MINH PHUONG 2. DR. LUONG VIET THAIOpponent 1:…………………………………………………………..Opponent 2:. ………………………………………………….……...Opponent 3:…………………………………………………………..The dissertation will be defended before the Examination Board atInstitute level in:…………………………………..………………………………………….………………………….……………………………………… Dissertation can be found at the National Library INTRODUCTION 1. Reason for choosing the project 1.1. In modern society, it is necessary for people to equip not onlyknowledge, health, working skills but also moral, aesthetic, humanisticvalues and particular life skills. 1.2. Through life skills education, elementary school pupils will beequipped knowledge and skills for practicing responsibility forthemselves, their family and community; improved ability behave invarious situations, etc. 1.3. The development of ethnic minority elementary school pupilsis impacted by factors such as living environment, economic situation,habits and customs, etc. It is possible to assert that it is essential toeducate life skills for the pupils to cope with challenge and risks in thelife. 1.4. There is no detailed instruction document mentioning specificcharacteristics in life skills education for elementary school pupils indifferent regions, especially for ethnic minority elementary school pupils 1.5. Field survey result on life skills education for ethnic minorityelementary school pupils in Northern Mountainous regions shows thatlife skills education for pupils were not taken interest by teachers; theeducation was only to cope with the survey, irregularly anddiscontinuously thus the education brought not effective result. 1.6. Nature and Society, and Science subjects are considered asappropriate subjects in life skills education for ethnic minorityelementary school pupils. The life skills education for ethnic minorityelementary school pupils in Northern Mountainous regions of Vietnam,however, is not taken interest and the life skills education is not reallyeffectively. Therefore, we choose the project: “Life skills education for ethnicminority elementary pupils in Northern mountainous regions ofVietnam (through Nature and Society, and Science subjects)”. 1 2. Purpose The project is to suggest solutions in the life skills education forethnic minority elementary pupils in Northern mountainous regionsthrough teaching Nature and Society, and Science subjects to stimulatethe pupils in initiative learning, improvement of life skills and educationquality of life skills through these subjects. 3. Objects and subject research - Object research: Life skills education for elementary schoolpupils. - Subject research: Relation of factors in the life skills educationfor ethnic minority elementary pupils in Northern mountainous regionsof Vietnam through teaching Nature and Society, and Science subjects. 4. Scientific hypothesis If the suggestion of education measures of life skills for ethnicminority elementary pupils through teaching Nature and Society, andScience subjects in compliance with principles of education of life skills,in accordance with characteristics of the subjects and cultural natures ofethnic minority elementary pupils in Northern mountainous regions isapproved, these measures will positively impact on teaching the subjectsand results on the life skills education for pupils. 5. Research tasks The project focuses on studying on theoretical basis of life skillseducation for elementary pupils; surveying and analyzing actual status ofthe life skills education and the process of life skills education for ethnicminority elementary pupils in Northern mountainous regions. Thence,we will propose basic education measures of life skills for the pupilsthrough teaching Nature and Society, and Science subjects; conductpedagogical experiments to test scientific hypothesis of the dissertation. 6. Research scope - About research content: We focus on researching ethnic minorityelementary pupils, the life skills education for the ...