Inspiring individuals, families, schools, communities, companies and organisations to be values-based.
Values-based education is supporting both children and adults to be the best that they can be in countries throughout the world. We all seek meaning and purpose in our lives, so it is not only children that can benefit from this transformative process, but adults too.
Dr Neil Hawkes constantly strives for better education for all and advocates a unique way of thinking about how we can live our lives which enables us to flourish personally, socially and academically. He describes how we can develop a secure sense of self by nurturing our natural positive dispositions. Neil demonstrates ways in which teachers, parents, pupils and indeed all of us can create happier and more productive lives by raising our self-awareness and self-confidence.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Author's letter
You and me
Your values journey
What is the starting point for
values-based education?
The philosophy of values-based education
Children see, children do
So what's a value?
Focus on environment, atmosphere and routines
Focus on you
Focus on your relationships
Focus on adopting reflective practices
Focus on an ethical vocabulary
Focus on being a role model for values
Focus on school assemblies
Focus on the school s curriculum and its leadership
Focus on community
Focus on values assessment
From my heart
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