Living Values is proud to announce that its series of five books on values education published earlier this year has won The Teachers' Choice Award. This award is especially meaningful as it derives from the only awards programme in the USA judged by teachers in the classroom.

The Teachers' Choice Award is run by Learning Magazine (owned by The Education Center), a national publication in the USA for teachers and educators. Products submitted for consideration are evaluated by 80 teachers from across the country and the evaluation of product finalists is conducted by yet another team of teachers. Award winners will be featured in the Learning Magazine's January 2002 issue - its national circulation is 150,000.

Translation of the books is ongoing in 22 languages and LVE Educator Workshops, which are recommended in order to implement LVE most effectively, are available around the world.

Living Values is deeply honoured to have received this award which reinforces the encouraging assessments it continues to receive from teachers, such as the following:

• Students need to incorporate values. This is a good way to do it.
• The activities in the book seem to encourage the children to think about their own experiences and actions. They also explore the many situations that children encounter everyday.
• "I expect that portions of the book for my grade level will resonate through my lesson plans for a long time.
• My students loved the stories. The children seemed to relate to the stories and at times empathized with the characters.

Living Values Education is being used worldwide by educators and facilitators to provide an approach for children, young adults and parents to explore twelve key values. The Programme builds positive emotional and social skills, self-esteem, emotional intelligence and creative expression - the wellspring of skills that will enable youth to respond positively to the challenges of an ever-changing and diverse society.

For further information about the series of books, please click here. You may also contact the publisher, HCI, in the USA at: (800) 851-9100 ext. 212.

LVE is a partnership of educators around the world. Diane Tillman, the author of LVE's Living Values Activities series, is a licensed educational psychologist with 23 years' experience in the public school system in California. Ms. Tillman is joined by Pilar Quera Colomina in the authorship of the LVE Educator Training Guide and by Diana Hsu in the authorship of Living Values Activities for Children Ages 3-7. LVE is supported by UNESCO and its publications include activities from educators around the world