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Understanding Values Education in the Primary School
This is a 1995 report by the University of Glasgow, indicating that values in schools is not a new issue.
Summing up the Case for Values Education
In this article, Thomas Lickona gives 10 reasons for schools to teach values (also called morals education in the US).
Can State Schools Teach Values?
Professor Brian Hill explores this question in this paper delivered to the first Values in Education Conference in New Zealand.
Value in this Class Act
Herald Sun Victorian Teacher of the Year in 2002, Susan Withers, threw out classroom rules and replaced them with a values program.
Values in NSW Public Schools
NSW Minister for Education and Training Andrew Refshauge released this statement in 2004.
Call to Action Education for Shared Values for Intercultural and Interfaith Understanding
Adelaide in December 2004 hosted a UNESCO Conference which explored ways of promoting world peace as a value to be taught in schools.
The Ethics and Politics of Values Education
Professor Ivan Snook argues that in the 1970s, values were very strongly in evidence in schools, however political forces in the 1980s and 1990s were strongly opposed to these values. Now politicians are looking to fix up the monster that these forces unleashed.
The Case for a Strong Values Education Program in Public Schools
This is a scholarly article from the US, again indicating that the values in education movement in the US commenced over a decade ago.
Different Lenses, Different Visions
Peoples see the world differently and employ different value systems. Some even say that men and women come from different planets! Within any one sex there are progressives and conservatives and many in the middle. This article gives a psychological interpretation of how people's values develop over time, giving a good understanding of oneself and others, and how to deal with differences in value positions in education.