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.
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 successful 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. 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.
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 is in great demand as an inspiring speaker at conferences and workshops. Please contact him here if you would like him to support you in introducing Values-based Education.
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
