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October 1, 2001
Living Values Education
Books
Receive Teachers' Choice Award
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.
The five volumes in the Living Values series of books released in spring
2001 by HCI Books: The Life Issues Publisher, of Florida, USA, are:
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."
In addition to the above books, which are readily available, LVE has also produced two modules for educators who undergo specialised
LVE training for this purpose, namely:
- Living Values Activities for Refugees and Children
Affected by War; and
- Living Values Activities for Children Affected by Earthquakes.
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.
Books may be ordered online through the publisher's website at www.hcibooks.com or by telephoning (800) 441-5569 in the USA.
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
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