National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools

1. National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools Context and overview © Commonwealth of Australia 2005

2. National Framework – released and distributed to all schools in 2005 Endorsed by all States and Territories Education Ministers Underpins a four-year national programme which includes values education forums, Good Practice Schools Projects, professional learning and curriculum resources, national activities and partnership projects The National Framework

3. A context A vision Shared values for Australian schooling Guiding principles for effective values education Key elements and approaches that inform good practice What’s in the National Framework?

4. Context for Values Education

5. When they leave school students should: have qualities of self-confidence, optimism, high self-esteem, and a commitment to personal excellence as a basis for their potential life roles as family, community and workforce members (Goal 1.2); have the capacity to exercise judgement and responsibility in matters of morality, ethics and social justice, and the capacity to make sense of their world, to think about how things got to be the way they are, to make rational and informed decisions about their own lives and to accept responsibility for their own actions (Goal 1.3). National Goals for Schooling in Twenty-first Century (1999)

6. 69 schools Australia wide engagedin action research projects Literature research Online survey Led to a DraftNational Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools Values Education Website: http://www.valueseducation.edu.au Values Education Study (2003)

7. articulating the school’s mission/ethos in consultation with the school community developing student responsibility, resilience, social skills incorporating values in policies and curriculum reviewing outcomes. Vision All schools provide values education in a planned and systematic way by:

8. … the principles and fundamental convictions which act as general guides to behaviour, the standards by which particular actions are judged as good or desirable.(J Halstead and J and M Taylor, 2000) the ideals that give significance to our lives, that are reflected through the priorities we choose, and that we act on consistently and repeatedly. (Brian Hill, 2004) (National Framework, p8) What are values?

9. Any explicit and/or implicit school-based activity which promotes student knowledge and understanding of values, and which develops the skills and dispositions of students so they can enact particular values as individuals and as members of the wider community. (National Framework, p8) What is values education?

10. Care and Compassion Doing Your Best Fair Go Freedom Honesty and Trustworthiness Nine Values for Australian Schooling • Integrity • Respect • Responsibility • Understanding,Tolerance and Inclusion

11. Helps students understand and apply values Explicit goal of schooling Articulates the values of the school community Whole school approach Safe and supportive learning environment Trained and resourced teachers Curriculum which meets individual needs of students Regular review Guiding principles foreffective values education

12. Key elements and approachesthat inform good practice