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This chapter attempts to develop a curriculum and instructional model for life education as the basis of suicide prevention. Suicide has become an urgent problem in Taiwanese society as well as in the international community. The “Life education” model is proposed as the foundation for suicide prevention. By integrating the theories of the experiential learning circle, affective education, life skills, shared experience, and traditional Confucianism, a curriculum and teaching model known as the Shared-experience Life education and life skills Instruction Model (SLIM) has been developed. The SLIM model is anticipated to serve as a reference for basic education in suicide prevention.
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Huang, YW., Wang, PS., Lin, CC. (2011). Developing the Curriculum and Instruction Model for Suicide Prevention and Life Education in Taiwan. In: Muto, T., Nakahara, T., Nam, E.W. (eds) Asian Perspectives and Evidence on Health Promotion and Education. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53889-9_2
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