What's new – October 2011

Welcome to 'What's new' on the Values Education website for October 2011.

Events

6 November 2011 – International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
10 November 2011 – World Science Day for Peace and Development
16 November 2011 – International Day for Tolerance
19 November 2011 – World Philosophy Day
25 November 2011 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
 

Values cluster projects

Values in Action activities
The Values in Action Schools Project generated many useful ideas and activities for implementing values education in school communities. Values in Action activities provide a selection of activities from different clusters, in context.

• Out of Apathy: Beenleigh Believe, Achieve, Succeed Cluster, Queensland

Resources

Articles
Two new articles: 

• Nurturing our young for the future: Competencies for the 21st Century
• Towards Student-Centric, Values-Driven Education

Links
A new web link: 

• Ethical Literacy® Learning Community