Saturday, June 1, 2024

UAE Moral Studies

Unit 1 - Lesson 1
• I can define the concepts of duty and responsibility.
• I will be able to explain how moral rules, laws and
traditions compel a person to fulfill their duties.
Do we know the meaning of these
keywords?
Read the paragraphs and answer these
questions:
1. Write three examples about the
relationship between the school
and the students.
2. What are the duties and
responsibilities that make you a
responsible and productive
citizen?
 How do schools fit into the country’s plan?
Goals of the Ministry of Education:
1. Ensure inclusive quality education including pre-school education.
2. Achieve excellent leadership and educational efficiency.
3. Ensure quality, efficiency and good governance of educational and institutional performance,
including the delivery of teaching.
4. Ensure safe, conducive and challenging learning environments.
5. Attract and prepare students to enroll in higher education internally and externally, in light of labor
market needs.
6. Strengthen the capacity for scientific research and innovation in accordance with the quality,
efficiency and transparency standards.
7. Provision of quality, efficient and transparent administrative services, in accordance with the quality,
efficiency and transparency standards.
8. Establish a culture of innovation in an institutional working environment.
Look at point 4.
1. In pairs write a list of the safe and (potentially) unsafe environments in your
school.
2. What could be done to make these safer?
 Saturday, June 1, 2024
HAVE WE MET OUR LEARNING OBJECTIVES?
• I can define the concepts of duty and responsibility.
• I will be able to explain how moral rules, laws and traditions compel a person to
fulfill their duties.

DISCUSS THE ANSWERS SHARE WITH THE CLASS

WITH YOUR PARTNER
RESOURCES
 Read these paragraphs:
In order to survive, grow and develop, every community needs legislation and laws that govern relationships among
its members. The community might be small, like a family, or large, like a country. In both cases, the laws that
govern the community and determine its members’ rights and duties usually originate from customs, traditions and
general moral principles. They also come from the harmony created among members of a community through a
social agreement–also known as a constitution. A constitution is basically a set of rules and laws. It aims to ensure
the rights of individuals and determine their duties and responsibilities towards one another, the community they
form and the country they live in. Individuals can then serve the greater good and common interest.

In this context, the situation at school is no different. After all, a school is considered a small community that must
ensure a good educational framework. Therefore, every school should have internal regulations, usually established
by the Ministry of Education or the school administration. The regulations govern the relationships among students,
on the one hand, and between students and the school faculty and administration, on the other. This is how the
rights and duties of students and the school are defined.

In class, it is the students’ duty and responsibility to adopt certain behaviours that ensure the good framework of
the educational process. These behaviours govern their relationships with their colleagues and their teachers.
Students’ awareness of their duties and responsibilities towards their classmates and more generally while on
school grounds is the cornerstone of mutual support and interdependence in their relationships with one another. It
also creates a warm, familiar atmosphere. Indeed, it is considered a key factor in preparing them to become
responsible citizens and productive individuals after finishing their academic journey, and entering the community
 Read these paragraphs:
In order to be successful every community needs laws that manage the way people deal with
each other. The community might be small, like a family, or large, like a country. In both cases,
the laws that manage the community and determine its members’ rights and duties are usually
written down in a document called a constitution.

A constitution is basically a set of rules and laws. It aims to ensure the rights of individuals and
determine their duties and responsibilities towards one another, the community they form and
the country they live in. Individuals can then serve the greater good and common interest.

In class, it is the students’ duty and responsibility to adopt certain behaviours that ensure good
learning can take place. Students’ awareness of their duties and responsibilities towards their
classmates and more generally while on school grounds is important in their relationships with
one another. It also creates a warm, familiar atmosphere. Indeed, it is considered a key factor in
preparing them to become responsible citizens and productive individuals after finishing their
academic journey, and entering the community at large.