Values in Action: shaping positive futures

 The 2009 National Values Education Conference. Values in Action: shaping positive futures was held in Canberra on Thursday 30 April and Friday 1 May 2009 at Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Barton, ACT.

The 2009 conference aimed to:

• explore the implementation of the National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools;
• provide an update to participants on the Values Education Program;
• share good practice in values education in Australian schools;
• explore linkages between values education, student wellbeing, positive education and other relevant learning areas; and
• assess the research that has taken place in values education and its longer term impacts for school communities.

The conference brought together national and international speakers, stakeholders, curriculum leaders, teachers, principals and students. Keynote addresses, presentations and workshops celebrated values education and provided the impetus for discussions about leading and sustaining values education in Australian schools.

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2009 Values Education Presentations

2009 Values Education Conference Report

Keynote Addresses

Learning Power and Values: Reconciling the personal with the public in an inquiry based curriculum
Dr Ruth Deakin-Crick, University of Bristol, UK

Value, Vision, Harmony: An Indian perspective
Ameeta Wattal, Principal, Springdales School, New Delhi, India

Workshops

Toward a Curriculum of Giving: Transforming education from within
Thomas Nielsen, University of Canberra

The Living Values Educator Training Program
Shahida Abdul-Samad, IQRA International Institute, Malaysia

Practical strategies for developing cultural sensitivity in the classroom
Dagmar Turnidge, University of Melbourne