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CURRICULUM CENTREFOLD |
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Editorial by Curriculum Corporation's CEO Bruce Wilson. (article online)
David Aspin argues that clarifying values is only the first step in values education.
Schools can use values education to combat exclusion, bullying and violence. Toni Noble tells how.
Appropriate values education will empower children to make their own decisions in a world full of contradictory ethical messages writes Joy de Leo.
Margaret Forster and Prue Anderson discuss methodologies developed by ACER to research less tangible outcomes of schooling.
According to Paul Dufficy, the quality of interaction between students and teachers can be measured by the values children learn.
Values are a key factor in contemporary approaches to organisational behaviour. Anthony Bishop reports.
Erica Womersley reflects on how teachers can achieve critical outcomes that will reach well beyond the classroom.
Ron Hoeing reports on how South Australia's Learning to Learn project approaches values education.
Changing the culture of a Darwin school began with providing extra challenges for boys. A case study by Liz Veel.
Julie Mitchell previews resources that explore values and world views in English.
Gary Simpson uses WebQuests to introduce values to the study of science.
Annette Boyle tells how a Service-Learning project contributed to a change in values for students from three different schools.
A case study from Lina Scalfino about creating a sustainable change through a values-based school community project.
Seeing history in terms of values and emotions enriched the understanding of Year 6 students, report Phil Johnson and Lesley Wing Jan.
Jude Ocean, Leigh West and Linda Jones report findings of a study that found vast differences in values between people from different cultures.
Identifying values is the easy bit. What counts is what the school does with them. Dale Price tells the story of a boy who was branded a thief.