The focus of this web-site is Values-based Education that is being promoted world-wide by Dr Neil Hawkes and colleagues.
Increasingly educators, politicians, parents and community leaders are recognising that Values-based Education successfully creates the positive culture for teaching and learning that is so vital for Education in the 21st
Century.
Neil has worked with many educators, who together have formed an educational philosophy that seeks to empower the teacher and school, through a process of Values Education. The evidence shows that Values
Education promotes high standards, whilst developing the individual qualities of both adults and students.
A values-based school seeks to promote an educational philosophy based on valuing self, others and the environment through the consideration of an ethical values vocabulary ( principles that guide behaviour ) as the
basis of good educational practice.
Values-based Education is a great success in so many schools. It is one of the fastest growing approaches in the world, endorsed by teachers, school leaders and governments alike. This is because it helps pupils to
develop a secure sense of self, respect for others and supports the raising of academic standards.
Values Education is a way of conceptualising education that places the search for meaning and purpose at the heart of the educational process. It recognises that the recognition, worth and integrity of all involved
in the life and work of the school, are central to the creation of a values-based learning community that fosters positive relationships and quality in education.
What is values based education
Values education folder (download)
The Quiet Revolution by Frances Farrer
The Little Book of Values by Julie Duckworth
Listen to Neil Hawkes' latest radio interview
