Abstract

Vietnam’s 2018 General Education Curriculum identifies the development of students’ qualities and competencies as a central educational objective. Communication and collaboration constitute a core general competence that supports students’ personal development, learning, and social adaptation. At the lower secondary level, Civic Education provides favorable opportunities to develop this competence through topics related to ethics, lifestyles, law, citizens’ rights and responsibilities, and relationships among individuals, families, schools, and society. This article proposes measures for developing lower secondary school students’ communication and collaboration competence through the teaching of Grade 8 Civic Education.

Keywords: Civic Education, communication and collaboration competence, Grade 8, lower secondary school students, solutions.