Social Research - Assignment PDF

Running Head: SOCIAL RESEARCH
Social Research
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1SOCIAL RESEARCH
Introduction
It is the aim of schools in each and every part of the world to create a carefree, warm,
disciplined and nurturing environment for students. Such an environment is of vital necessity if
children are to grow and develop in an all-round manner, achieving great heights at both the
physical and mental levels of development. It should be the mission of every school to create an
environment for children that is characterized by fairness, harmony, equality, tolerance,
obedience and love (Clayton, 2013). Children need to be made to enjoy each other’s company by
partaking in various types of scholastic and extra-curricular activities that are aimed at their
physical, mental and social development. To this end, it is necessary for schools to aim at
helping students to interact with each other in the most authentic and genuine way possible. If
children are to grow and develop in a holistic way, then it is necessary for them to develop
spiritually in addition to growing and developing mentally and physically (Clayton, 2013). This
essay looks at three aims mentioned in the mission statement of the Dalat school in Malaysia and
analyses the significance of the three aims, namely the achievement of spiritual growth,
creation of relevant and innovative experiences and the promotion of an authentic
community, by understanding how such missions or aims can be evaluated and measured, what
day to day activities can be incorporated by the school to achieve such aims and to see how well
the school is doing where achieving such aims is concerned, and what it should be doing next.
The development of a personality towards spiritual and religious desired better
personality is known as spiritual development. It is the process of becoming fit for high klevel in
the spiritual world. According to OCED (2013), the aim and objective of spiritual development
can be achieved by the Dalat school by conducting regular prayer sessions. By being a part of
prayer sessions on a regular basis, students are bound to achieve spiritual growth and how far

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this aim is being achieved is something that can be easily measured by noting down the number
of students who say their daily prayers with dedication. It is also to mention that the prayer
sessions should be those that are carried out at the start of the school day rather than at the end of
it, and should be a time when students are asked to assemble together in a large hall or room,
fold their hands and say a school prayer, that allows them to connect with God, understand the
value and significance of prayer and feel connected with their school mates as well. To some
extent, efforts need to be made on the part of the school authorities to make morning prayers
compulsory, making it easier on their part to ensure and evaluate the spiritual growth of students.
As far as the promotion of an authentic community in the school is concerned, day to day
activities such as lying and cheating during class tests and punishment for the same will tell how
successfully the school is trying to get its students to be honest and genuine. Regular speeches at
assembly about the value and the importance of honesty can also provide data as to the manner
in which the school intends on promoting an authentic community within its walls. The need for
honesty and genuine behavior needs to be made known to students at the outset of every day, in
an attempt to ensure that honesty is ingrained in every student. The data through data to day
activities that is revealed about the accomplishment of school aims such as the aim of achieving
spiritual growth is something that can be captured when attending a school assembly. It will be
easy to see at this point of time, how many students it is, who have assembled at the hall for
prayer and how many of them are actually folding their hands and praying. The assembly hall
every single morning may be surveyed for one whole week to see the number of students and
teachers who gather in the hall for prayer and recite the verses that they are supposed to in order
to attain spiritual growth and fulfillment. This itself will reveal how far the school is able to
achieve the aim of spiritual growth.