Values-Based Education in Schools in the 2000s: The Australian Experience

Autor/in	Leichsenring, Andrew
Titel	Values-Based Education in Schools in the 2000s: The Australian Experience
Quelle	(2010), (54 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit M.Ed. Thesis, Queensland University of Technology
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Foreign Countries; Values Education; Social Action; Moral Development; Best Practices; Teaching Methods; Thinking Skills; Concept Formation; Teacher Behavior; Self Efficacy; Educational Theories; Values Clarification; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Werterziehung; Soziales Handeln; Moralische Entwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Denkfähigkeit; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Wertbewusstsein; Australien
Abstract	This thesis explores the teaching of values in Australian schools through a framework established by the Australian Federal government during the 2000s. This paper focuses on: the approaches employed by the Australian Federal government in the implementation of Values Education; and the application of cases of values-based education utilized by school cluster groups throughout Australia. This research explores the implementation of a values-based education program on a national scale and provides recommendations on: best practices for teaching values-based education in schools; and the inclusion of key stakeholders, such as, school administrators & staff, teachers, students, parents, and members of the wider community in order to achieve the successful establishment of a wide scale approach to the teaching of values in schools. The following are appended: (1) Kohlberg's Levels of Moral Development; (2) Values-Based Education Approaches; (3) Nine Values for Australian Schooling Poster -- National Framework for Values-Based Education in Australian Schools; (4) Suggested Approaches - National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools; (5) The Value of Doing Your Best (exemplified by a cluster); (6) Sample Lesson for Social Skills Approach; (7) Concept Development - Thinking Skills; (8) Values Social Literacy Units; (9) Social Action on What It Means to Be Water Wise (Year 4 & 5); (10) Red Earth Community Cluster Value Focus for Good Citizenship; (11) The Double Helix Effect: Values and Quality Teaching; (12) Cumulative Occurrence of Values-Based Education Discourses in the Values-Based Education Good Practices School Trial 2006 (selected discourses); (13) Y-Chart & Placemat Worksheets; (14) Pluses, Minuses and Interesting Points Worksheet; (15) K-W-L Strategy Worksheet; and (16) Venn Diagram for a Social Action Project. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10