What’s new – August 2009
Welcome to ‘What’s new’ on the Values Education website for August 2009.
Events
2–4 September 2009 – ARACY 2009 National Conference
3–4 September 2009 – CHERI Annual Conference
8 September 2009 – International Literacy Day
15 September 2009 – International Day of Democracy
16 September 2009 – International Day for Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 September 2009 – Australian Citizenship Day
18–20 September 2009 – Clean Up the World Weekend
26–28 September 2009 – ACEL International Conference
27 September 2009 – World Tourism Day
See links below for workshops and seminars in your state or territory.
States and Territories
In the Northern Territory:
In semester one 2009, twelve Northern Territory schools began their involvement in a pilot project implementing the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory program (ELLI) – a project designed to develop the capacity of learners with skills and understandings for lifelong learning.
Values Cluster Projects
Values in Action Newsletter, Number 1 August 2009
The Values in Action Newsletter includes news about the Values in Action Schools Projects and updates on the national Values Education Program.
Download the newsletter to share with your colleagues or send them a link to this page.
www.valueseducation.edu.au/values/val_vasp_values_in_action_newsletter,28472.html
Resources
Articles
Three new articles:
- ‘A School for Peace and Justice’, Elliott Seif
- ‘Service Learning and Civic Participation’, Jane L David
- ‘Service Learning: What is it and why should schools consider it?’, Independent Schools Queensland Briefings
Links
New web links:
- The Good Childhood Inquiry
- UNESCO: Human Rights Education
Professional Learning
A new professional learning resource:
‘Calmer classrooms: A guide to working with traumatised children’ is intended to assist kindergarten, primary and secondary teachers, and other school personnel, in understanding and working with children and young people whose lives have been affected by trauma, particularly by abuse and neglect. Understanding the experience of the child assists teachers to develop compassion, patience and empathy and is a key intervention in itself.