The focus of this popular web-site is Values-based Education that is being promoted world-wide in schools and other settings by Dr Neil Hawkes and colleagues.
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. Parents and community leaders wholeheartedly endorse the methods that nurture values, such as respect, honesty, compassion, trust and integrity. The research evidence clearly shows that Values Education promotes high standards, academic diligence and relational trust, whilst nurturing the individual qualities of both adults and students. Increasingly, the work is being adopted by commercial organisations such as Chrysalis Worldwide too.
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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. It encourages adults to model values and to give time for reflective practices that empowers individuals to be effective learners and good citizens. We have a growing number of schools that have been awarded the Quality Mark as Values-based Schools.
Values-based Education is a great success and is one of the fastest growing approaches in the world, endorsed by teachers, school leaders and governments. This is because it is based on the soundest principles of pedagogy, educational philosophy, brain research and common sense. It helps pupils to develop holistically, nurturing a secure sense of self, respect for self and others and supports the raising of academic standards. Neil and his colleagues are in great demand as inspiring speakers at conferences and workshops. Please contact Neil here if you would like support in introducing Values-based Education.
West Kidlington School, UK Values Sculpture "Our children's Values will hold up the world."
Professor Ron Toomey
Australia
Honesty. Respect. Happiness. Peace. Responsibility. Love.
These key concepts form part of a remarkable initiative at a British primary school. This thought-provoking and inspiring book explains how a new framework for living has been woven into the entire ethos of the school and its pupils.
It also shows how parents, teachers, or anyone interested in supporting future generations can learn from this school's blueprint for nurturing children to become calm, happy, focused adults.
By Julie Duckworth
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.
Dr. Neil Hawkes, founding,
member Association of Living
Values International (ALIVE)
Perfect for teachers and head teachers alike, this book will show you how to introduce positive values into your classroom and how to maintain a positive outlook on your role
It also covers how to be a positive role model to all members of the school community and how to explain this approach to others that you have contact with. During recent years, a great
deal of national and local effort has been directed at school improvement and curriculum development.
By Dr. Neil Hawkes
Six hundred Headteachers from schools in Europe attended Neil's Keynote Presentation on Values-based Education. He was given a enthusiastic reception and as a result was invited to inspire seven hundred Headteachers and teachers in Iceland in April this year. He has also been invited to address Headteachers in Sweden in September and in Ireland in October.
Headteacher, Kathy Wood, featured in this photo invited Neil for a return visit to Hornbill School in Brunei. Neil, supported by his partner Jane, conducted a day's training on deepening values education in the school. The following day Neil conducted an audit of the school at the end of which he awarded the school the Quality Mark in Values-based Education. Neil said, "Hornbill is an outstanding school"
Principal, Paul Daley, welcomed Neil to Sancta Maria College to conduct an values audit. Following his time in the school Neil gave a presentation to the staff at which he announced he was awarding the College the Values Quality Mark. As you see in the photo, values are given a high profile in the College and students and staff live them.
Dynamic Values Newsletter Autumn 2011 Editor: Bridget Knight Download now
Wales Church Schools in Wales Conference
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