What’s new – July 2009

Welcome to ‘What’s new’ on the Values Education website for July 2009.

Events

9 August 2009 – International Day of the World's Indigenous People
12 August 2009 – International Youth Day
14 August 2009 – National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day
16 August 2009 to 18 August 2009 – ACER Research Conference 2009
24 August 2009 to 30 August 2009 – Keep Australia Beautiful Week
31 August 2009 to 6 September 2009 – National Literacy and Numeracy Week 

See links below for workshops and seminars in your state or territory.

National

The 2009 National Values Education Conference, Values in Action: shaping positive futures, was held in Canberra on Thursday 30 April and Friday 1 May 2009. The conference brought together approximately 250 speakers, stakeholders, curriculum leaders, teachers, principals and students from Australia and overseas.

States and Territories

In the Australian Capital Territory:

• Professional Development:
  • Positive Psychology in Values Education Conference – 14 August 2009
  • ACT Values Education Forum, Tuesday 1 September at the Centre for Teaching and Learning, Stirling ACT
  • ACT New Educator Support Program

In Queensland:

• Professional Development Calendar for 2009:
  • Values Education Workshops
  • Values Education Leadership Breakfasts
  • Values Education Expo – 23 November 2009
  • Breakfast/Lunch and Workshops with Dr Neil Hawkes
• Queensland Grant Schools 2009 – seven schools in Queensland were successful in obtaining a grant to explore how they could further embed values education into their schools in a way that was relevant to their particular school community.

In South Australia:

Reports on:

• Twilight Seminar: Values and Curriculum
• Twilight Seminar: Values Education and Student Engagement
• Regional Workshops: Values Education, Citizenship and Student Action

Coming Events:

• Twilight Seminar: Values Education, Multiple Perspectives – 3 September 2009
• South Australian Conference: Values and Inclusion – 29 October 2009, Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh

In Victoria:

• The Values Education Mentoring Program 2009 – During term 3, a small network of experienced educators/mentors will be able to provide some advice and direction in using values education in your school. Drawing on the experience from the Values Education Good Practice Schools Project Stages 1 and 2, the Mentoring Program offers an avenue of practical support to schools.

Values Cluster Projects

Values in Action Schools Project Second Briefing Session

The second national briefing session for the Values in Action Schools Project (VASP) was held on 28 and 29 April 2009, prior to the 2009 National Values Education Conference in Canberra.

VASP: Work in progress

Read recent Maroondah Education Coalition (MEC) newsletters for information on Values in Action Schools Project activities from this cluster or find out more about the MEC project.

Resources

Articles

Two new articles:

• ‘Australian Covert Bullying Prevalence Study’, D. Cross, T. Shaw, L. Hearn, M. Epstein, H. Monks, L. Lester, and L. Thomas
• ‘Behind the Scenes: Insight into the Human Dimension of Covert Bullying’, Dr Barbara Spears, Professor Phillip Slee, Professor Laurence Owens, Professor Bruce Johnson

Links

New web link:

• Cybersmart

Professional Learning

A new professional learning resource:

• ‘Learning to live together: an intercultural and interfaith programme for ethics education’ is intended to be an adaptable resource for educators and youth leaders that can be used with children from many different cultural, religious and social contexts to nurture common values and a mutual respect for different backgrounds and traditions.