Whats new - May 2007
Welcome to ‘What’s new’ on the Values Education website for May 2007.
Values Education Teaching and Learning Activities
An inter-school project using inquiry learning, peer support to ease transition between primary and secondary school, and primary students acting as mentors to develop ICT skills of residents of a retirement village, are three new co-curricular activities including ideas, information and suggestions about how schools are implementing the National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools outside the formal classroom context. Written by school-based practitioners of values education they contain practical activities for teachers to use or adapt in their communities.
Values Education and Quality Teaching: the Double Helix Effect
A brand new book on values education edited by Terry Lovat and Ron Toomey, Values Education and Quality Teaching: the Double Helix Effect is an outcome of the work of the Values Education Good Practice Schools Project – Stage 1 and the Values Education Partnership Project. The book presents six rich case studies on the relationship between values education and Quality Teaching.
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Events
21 May 2007, World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 May 2007, International Day for Biological Diversity: Biodiversity and Climate Change
25 May–1 June 2007, National Safe Schools Week: Creating safe and happy schools – free from bullying
27 May 2007, 40th Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum: A vote for Indigenous Australia
27 May 2007–3 June 2007, National Reconciliation Week: Their Spirit Still Shines
28 May 2007, National Enrol to Vote Week
28–29 May 2007, 2007 National Civics and Citizenship Education Forum, Canberra
5 June 2007, World Environment Day: Melting Ice – A Hot Topic?
17 June 2007, Refugee Week: The Voices of Young Refugees
See links below for workshops and seminars in your State or Territory.
States and Territories
In South Australia:
- A twilight seminar led by Dr Julia Atkin on Values Education and Middle Schooling was held on Tuesday 3 April and attended by over 250 educators. As an outcome of the seminar a full-day conference will be held with Dr Atkin on Monday 27 August in order to further explore her ideas.
- On Thursday 1 March, 80 South Australian teachers attended a workshop designed to explore the connections between values education and engaging young people with Asia.
In Tasmania:
- School forum snapshot: Distance Education Tasmania school forum discussions were an invaluable way of coming to know students’ families and their values more deeply.
In Victoria:
- Over 500 schools have now registered for the grant to conduct a values activity/forum A comprehensive promotional campaign associated with the Victorian values education conference on 2 May has increased the rate of applications.
- VCAA Bulletin P–10, Issue 28, April 2007 contains an article outlining the connections between the National Framework and the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS).
- School forum snapshot: The Values Forum at Undera Primary School complemented the school’s Garden Science Project and helped forge stronger bonds between the school and the community at a time of need.
Good Practice Schools
Values Education Good Practice Schools Project – Stage 2 National Briefing Sessions
The second national briefing session for the Values Education Good Practice Schools Project – Stage 2 is to be held on Tuesday 12 June and Wednesday 13 June 2007 at Kingscliff in northern New South Wales.
Values for Australian Schooling newsletter
The latest edition of the Values for Australian Schooling Newsletter (volume 5) has been distributed to all schools and is also available for downloading from the website.
Resources
Articles
Three new articles have been included:
- Encouraging Tolerance and Social Cohesion through School Education, Erebus International, July 2006
- The Public Construction of Values in Education: A Synthesis of Case Studies, Raymond Brown, Annette Woods, Elizabeth Hirst and Debbie Heck, Griffith University, 2006
- Youth Development, Service Learning and Schooling, Nicole Gilding with Margaret Wallace, April 2003
Links
New web links for values education resources include: Peer Support Foundation: Promoting Harmony, Success for Boys, Resilience Education and Drug Information (REDI).
Parents
A new resource for parents is now listed on the Parents page:
- REDI (Resilience Education and Drug Information) for Parents
Reviews
A new book has been included:
Values Education and Quality Teaching: the Double Helix Effect, Terry Lovat and Ron Toomey, 2007 (David Barlow Publishing)
School forum Resources
Two new school forum snapshots have been included:
- Distance Education Tasmania
- Undera Primary School, Victoria
Teaching and learning
Co-curricular activities containing practical ideas for teachers to use or adapt in their communities are available for downloading.