Values Education in Schools ISSUES AND CHALLENGES Brian V. Hill.

Values Values Education in Education in

SchoolsSchools

ISSUES AND CHALLENGESISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Brian V. HillBrian V. Hill

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Values Education in

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* Where have * Where have we we come from?come from?

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Values Education in

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* What * What disturbed disturbed our dogmatic our dogmatic slumbers?slumbers?

* Where have * Where have we we come from?come from? What

disturbed our dogmatic slumbers?

What disturbed our dogmatic slumbers?

1. Describing the nature and sources of values

Values are the priorities individuals Values are the priorities individuals and societies attach to certain and societies attach to certain beliefs, exper-iences, and objects, in beliefs, exper-iences, and objects, in deciding how they shall live and what deciding how they shall live and what they shall treasure.they shall treasure.

What are some of the pedagogic challenges?What are some of the pedagogic challenges?

Values Education in

Schools

* What * What disturbed disturbed our dogmatic our dogmatic slumbers?slumbers?

* Where have we * Where have we come from?come from?

1. Nature of 1. Nature of valuesvalues

* What * What pedagogicpedagogic challenges?challenges?

2. Identifying the teaching domains

Teacher’s task = enhance capacitiesTeacher’s hope = encourage commitments

cognitiveaffectiv

edispositional

Critical Affiliation

1. Right to know nature and sources of values

2. Need to develop empathy and evaluative skills

3. Be encouraged to commit to worthy values.

Values Education in

Schools

1. Nature of 1. Nature of valuesvalues

2. Teaching2. Teaching domainsdomains

* What * What disturbed disturbed our dogmatic our dogmatic slumbers?slumbers?

* Where have we * Where have we come from?come from?

* What * What pedagogicpedagogic challenges?challenges?

3. Applying complementary strategies

Across-the-curriculum -Across-the-curriculum -implications for every learning implications for every learning

areaarea

Values discourseValues discourseA learning area in its own A learning area in its own

rightright

Values Education in

Schools

1. Nature of 1. Nature of valuesvalues

2. Teaching2. Teaching domainsdomains

3. Two-prong3. Two-prong strategystrategy

* What * What disturbed disturbed our dogmatic our dogmatic slumbers?slumbers?

* Where have we * Where have we come from?come from?

* What * What pedagogicpedagogic challenges?challenges?

What is the cognitive core?What is the cognitive core?

1.Exploring underlying

belief systems

Across-the-curriculum -Across-the-curriculum -implications for every learning implications for every learning

areaarea

Study of life-stances -Study of life-stances -A learning area in its own rightA learning area in its own right

Towards critical affiliationTowards critical affiliation

Values Education in

Schools

1. Nature of 1. Nature of valuesvalues

2. Teaching2. Teaching domainsdomains

3. Two-prong3. Two-prong strategystrategy

* What * What cognitive cognitive core?core?

1. Underlying 1. Underlying belief belief

systemssystems

* What * What disturbed disturbed our dogmatic our dogmatic slumbers?slumbers?

* Where have we * Where have we come from?come from?

* What * What pedagogicpedagogic challenges?challenges?

2. Clarifying the Core

. . . not to develop a totalistic . . . not to develop a totalistic account to which all participants account to which all participants would be expected to conform, would be expected to conform, but a minimalist set of but a minimalist set of agreements on which to base agreements on which to base common action in the wider common action in the wider educational arena. educational arena.

Values Education in

Schools

1. Nature of 1. Nature of valuesvalues

2. Teaching2. Teaching domainsdomains

3. Two-prong3. Two-prong strategystrategy

* What * What cognitive cognitive core?core?

1. Underlying 1. Underlying belief belief

systemssystems2. Clarifying2. Clarifying the corethe core

* What * What disturbed disturbed our dogmatic our dogmatic slumbers?slumbers?

* Where have we * Where have we come from?come from?

* What * What pedagogicpedagogic challenges?challenges?

3. Transcending the public/private dichotomy

Values Education in

Schools

1. Nature of 1. Nature of valuesvalues

2. Teaching2. Teaching domainsdomains

3. Two-prong3. Two-prong strategystrategy

* What * What cognitive cognitive core?core?

1. Underlying 1. Underlying belief belief

systemssystems2. Clarifying2. Clarifying the corethe core

3. 3. TranscendiTranscendingng

public/privpublic/privateate

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* What * What disturbed disturbed our dogmatic our dogmatic slumbers?slumbers?

* Where have we * Where have we come from?come from?

* What * What pedagogicpedagogic challenges?challenges?

* What * What disturbed disturbed our dogmatic our dogmatic slumbers?slumbers?

* Where have * Where have we we come from?come from?

* What * What pedagogicpedagogic challenges?challenges?

2. Teaching2. Teaching domainsdomains

3. Two-3. Two-prongprong

strategystrategy* What cognitive * What cognitive core?core?

1. Underlying 1. Underlying belief systemsbelief systems

2. Clarifying2. Clarifying the corethe corexx

3. 3. TranscendiTranscendingng

public/privatepublic/private

Values Values Education in Education in

SchoolsSchools

MAINTAINTHE MOMENTUM

MAINTAINTHE MOMENTUM

1. Nature of 1. Nature of valuesvalues