What's new - May 2005

The second What's new online newsletter features an article by Professor Terry Lovat on what values education is all about, a variety of teaching and learning ideas on sustainability values, a review of a book on philosophy in the classroom as well as an article by a parent attending his daughter’s parent-teacher interview and the lessons he learned. The Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE) explains how their project links to the Values Education programmes and informs teacher educators about Values Education nationally and internationally and trains them to train the trainers in values education. 

The Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE) values education project

What is values education all about? by Professor Terry Lovat

The Elephant Dilemma is series of classroom activities from UNESCO that explore sustainability values.

Philosophy in the classroom by Ron Shaw - a review of a book that poses challenging questions for students,

SBS World Tales presents a range of stories from different countries around the world. There are 20 animated stories and eighty text-only stories available online.

Charles Brass went to his daughter’s parent-teacher interview and wrote this article for a Human Resources magazine: What HR can learn from primary school.