Living Values Education

Welcome

Educators involved in Living Values Education in more than 80 countries, welcome you to the website of the Association for Living Values Education International (ALIVE). We invite you to join us in this global endeavor to help students explore and develop positive values and move toward their potential. We hope you will join us in creating caring, respectful environments where students feel safe, want to learn, and live their values.

Young people around the world are increasingly affected by violence, social problems, and a lack of respect for each other and the world around them. Educators in many countries are impacted by greater challenges and pressures. The Living Values Education Program is effective in decreasing violence and bullying, and in creating safe, caring school climates which are conducive to quality learning. Living Values Education (LVE) is a way of conceptualizing education that promotes the development of values-based learning communities and places the search for meaning and purpose at the heart of education. LVE emphasizes the worth and integrity of each person involved in the provision of education, in the home, school and community. In fostefring quality education, LVE supports the overall development of the individual and a culture of positive values in each society and throughout the world, believing that education is a purposeful activity designed to help humanity flourish.

ALIVE, ALIVE Associates and LVE Focal Points Around the World Provide:

Professional development courses, seminars and workshops for teachers and others involved in the provision of education.
Classroom teaching material and other educational resources, in particular an award-winning series of five Living Values Activities Books containing practical values activities and a range of methods for use by educators, facilitators, parents and caregivers to help children and young adults to explore and develop twelve widely-shared human values. There are also resource books for children in difficult circumstances (street children), youth in need of drug rehabilitation, and children affected by war. The approach and lesson content are experiential, participatory and flexible, allowing – and encouraging – the materials to be adapted and supplemented according to varying cultural, social and other circumstances. The approach and materials may also be used systematically, and in alignment with the ten principles of The Living Values Education Approach, as the Living Values Education Program.
Consultation to government bodies, organizations, schools, teachers and parents on the creation of values-based learning environments and the teaching of values.
This is an extensive, multi-lingual website with materials available for downloading free of charge.

International News and Success Stories

Australia: Living Values in Bryon Bay - Tears of love and laughter were our company
Greece: Cultivating Values in School and in Life
Hungary: Light and Loving Parent / Teacher Club Attracts Media Attention
Italy: LVE Helps Those Who Act Aggressive or Shy - And is best when parents are involved
Mauritius: Values Education throughout the Island
Pakistan: Living Values is Adopted by Educators Who Care
Paraguay: Third National LVE Educators Forum, "For A Country of Values”
Sierra Leone: Three Young Men with a Passion for Peace and Human Rights
Sri Lanka: First Ever LVE Training - and Hope for a Better Future
Thailand: University Funds LVE Workshops and Books for Hundreds of Teachers
U.S.A.: International Peace Day - Children really get it when it comes to Peace!
Vietnam: Further Positive Feedback on LVE's Program for Drug Rehabilitation

International Calendar of Training Events

Australia: 31 July – 2 August 2009 – LVE Program
Australia: 23 – 25 October 2009 – LVE Program
Australia: 26 – 27 October 2009 – LVE Train the Trainer
Brazil: 17 – 19 Julho 2009 – Encontro Ibero Americano do VIVE, Região Sul – Americano
Brazil: 24 – 26 Julho 2009 – Encontro Ibero Americano do VIVE, Região Nordeste – Americano
Indonesia: 15 – 17 Aug 2009 – LVE Educator Workshop
Mauritus: 16 – 17 July 2009 – LVE Parenting Skills
Mauritus: 21 – 22 July 2009 – LVE Workshop for Education Supervisors
Paraguay: March through October 2009 – LVE Workshop
Paraguay: 16 October 2009 – IV Encuentro Nacional de Educadores del Programa VpV
USA: 19 – 21 June 2009 – Children Make the World Go Around!
USA: 31 July – 2 August 2009 – LVE Workshop