Research Article

Development of a New Curriculum in a Positive Youth Development Program: The Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong

Table 4

Teaching units in relation to the 15 positive youth development constructs in the Secondary 3 curriculum.

Full program
ConstructNo.Unit nameUnit no.No.Unit nameUnit no.

(1) Bonding (BO) *(1)Modern Love StoriesBO3.1 *(2)What is Freedom of Love?BO3.2
(2) Social competence (SC) *(3)“She” Comes from ChinaSC3.1 *(4)Siblings of Hong KongSC3.2
*(5)Who’s Right? Who’s Wrong?SC3.3 *(6)A Blog Post a DaySC3.4
(3) Emotional competence (EC) *(7)What are My Feelings?EC3.1 *(8)Changing Emotions through Positive ThinkingEC3.2
(4) Cognitive competence (CC) *(9)Truth or Myth?CC3.1 *(10)The Truth behind AdvertisementsCC3.2
(5) Behavioral competence (BC) *(11)The Key to HappinessBC3.1 *(12)Revenge or Forgiveness?BC3.2
(6) Moral competence (MC) *(13)Ideals and RealityMC3.1 *(14)Am I a Superhero?MC3.2
*(15)Lovers’ CodesMC3.3 *(16)The Stolen PINMC3.4
(7) Self-efficacy (SE) *(17)Who Is the Richest?SE3.1 *(18)My Dream! My Way!SE3.2
(8) Prosocial norms (PN) *(19)Who Makes the Call?PN3.1 *(20)Stand Up, Speak UpPN3.2
(9) Resilience (RE)(21)A Contented Heart is a Joyful HeartRE3.1(22)From Crisis to OpportunityRE3.2
(23)Sorrow and CalamityRE3.3(24)From Dream to RealityRE3.4
(10) Self-determination (SD)(25)Look Further and WiderSD3.1(26)Let Me Say It!SD3.2
(11) Spirituality (SP)(27)Fortune’s FavoriteSP3.1(28)Where Does Value Lie?SP3.2
(29)Why?SP3.3(30)The Life NovelSP3.4
(12) Clear and positive identity (ID)(31)Unshakable Me!ID3.1(32)Men and Women, Past and PresentID3.2
(13) Beliefs in the future (BF)(33)What Will Your Future Be?BF3.1(34)Job MarketBF3.2
(35)Gifts from HeavenBF3.3(36)Looking ForwardBF3.4
(14) Prosocial involvement (PI)(37)Across GenerationsPI3.1(38)All Hands on DeckPI3.2
(39)Secret RecipePI3.3(40)PollingPI3.4

*Core program.
Note: the 15th construct of "Recognition for Positive Behavior" is used as teaching strategies and is spread over all 14 constructs.