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Current Status -
December 2005
Living Values Education came to Georgia when Pavle Tvaliashvili attended the
LVEP Train-the-Trainer seminar in Oxford, England during the summer of 2004. He
and several other educators have enthusiastically embraced the program and begun
translation of the materials.
On 22 January, 2005, an LVEP Informational Seminar was held for Georgian
teachers and school principals. This first LVEP workshop took place in Zugdidi.
Twenty-five Zugdidi school directors and educators took part. Mr. Tvaliashvili
acquainted them with the program overview, content, goals and principles. The
seminar participants talked about the 12 values presented in LVEP and decided
that six of the values could be connected with the developing ?Open Schools?
model in Georgia. The chosen values are: Responsibility, Freedom, Humility,
Cooperation, Honesty and Unity. All 12 of the values will support the education
system in Georgia. They agreed to pilot LVEP?s classroom activities. The issue
of values is of concern in this city as it is situated near the Abkhazeti
conflict zone. There are many internally displaced students in the schools;
educators from Zugdidi are especially interested in Living Values Education
Program?s materials for refugees. Workshop participants will implement LVEP in
the classroom to explore the effects of the program and find out what works
practically in Georgian schools. They will participate in trainings to serve as
LVEP teachers in the future.
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