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ǾǾƲɫ٪Uؘ ¤ȯȉǍȯƇǼǼƲ٪ȯƲȷɍdzɅȷ OUR COMMUNITY OUR CITY Description: A 5-session programme for students aged 8-9 in which they learn how Description: A 5-session programme for students aged 9-10 in which they learn how a community functions and their role as citizens and workers. city works and how to manage various businesses. a What students learn: Teamwork and responsible collaboration, reasoned What students learn: Responsible teamwork and collaboration, reasoned decision decision-making, nancial reasoning and basic operations. making, critical thinking and idea development. Objectives: To develop the skills needed to innovate and become entrepreneurs. Objectives: To develop the skills needed to innovate and become entrepreneurs. Results of the longitudinal study of Our Community: Results of the longitudinal study of Our City: • Increases the probability of students wanting to go to university by 38%. • Increases the probability of students wanting to go to university by 27%. • Increases the probability of wanting to be self-employed by 24%. • Increases the probability of wanting to be self-employed by 8%. • Increases the students’ identication with qualities that are crucial to • Increases the students’ identication with qualities that are crucial to personal and 23%), imagination (35%), social wellbeing: hard work (14%), imagination (39%), perseverance (29%) and personal and social wellbeing: hard work ( perseverance (17%). delayed gratication (15%). • Reduces by at least 32% the tolerance for behaviours not aligned with the • Reduces by at least 27% the tolerance for behaviours not aligned with the common interest: cheating on an exam, shoplifting, using public transport common interest: cheating on an exam, shoplifting, using public transport without without paying, etc. paying, etc. • Increases academic performance by at least 8% in mathematics, language • Increases academic performance by at least 11% in mathematics, language and and science, with the greatest improvement among students from less science, with the greatest improvement among students from less advantaged advantaged backgrounds and previously lower achievers. backgrounds and previously lower achievers. • Reduces truancy by 18%. • Reduces truancy by 14%. • Improves the levels of perseverance for tasks that lack intrinsic motivation • Improves the levels of perseverance for tasks that lack intrinsic motivation by 20%. 31%. approximately by approximately • Improves students’ growth mindset by at least 11%, that is, the belief • Improves students’ growth mindset by at least 17%, that is, the belief that hard that hard work and not innate capability is the variable that counts in the work and not innate capability is the variable that counts in the achievement of achievement of good results. good results. JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT ׀׀٪٪UǼȬƇƤɅ٪ȷɅɍƫɬ ׀ׁ