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Living Values Books Receive Teachers' Choice AwardThe Living Values books offer a variety of experiential activities for teachers and parents to help them teach children and young adults to develop twelve critical social values.
Diarrhoea is the second leading cause of death among children under five globally. Nearly one in five child deaths – about 1.5 million each year – is due to diarrhoea. It kills more young children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. Today, only 39 per cent of children with diarrhoea in developing countries receive the recommended treatment, and limited trend data suggest that there has been little progress since 2000.The objective of this WHO/UNICEF report is to focus attention on the prevention and management of diarrhoeal diseases as central to improving child survival. It examines the latest available information on the burden and distribution of childhood diarrhoea. It also analyses how well countries are doing in making available key interventions proven to reduce its toll. Most importantly, it lays out a new strategy for diarrhoea control, one that is based on interventions drawn from different sectors that have demonstrated potential to save children's lives. It sets out a 7-point plan that includes a treatment package to reduce childhood diarrhoea deaths, as well as a prevention package to make a lasting reduction in the diarrhoea burden in the medium to long term.
Diarrhoea: Why children are still dying and what can be done
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- Evidence of the impact of Values Education
By Dr Neil Hawkes
Based on the research of the University of Newcastle, Australia (2009)
- Values Education and Human Rights: Living Values Education in Asia
Christopher Drake
Published in Human Rights Education in Asian Schools, Volume Four, March 2001, by Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center, Japan
- Values Education and Life-wide Learning: Learning About Values
by Christopher Drake
Paper for the Sixteenth Annual Conference of The Hong Kong Educational Research Association "Exploring New Frontiers in Education", Hong Kong, China, October 1999
- The Importance of a Values-based Learning Environment - PDF
by Christopher Drake
This paper was presented at “A Day on Moral Education” at the Institute of Education, in London, on 27th June 2007, for the Journal of Moral Education Trust. - Values Education: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality - PDF
by Christopher Drake - Classrooms as Value-based Environments for Teaching and Learning - PDF
by Christopher Drake - Facilitating Language, Facilitating Learning
by Sue Emery - Being a School of Excellence: Values-based Education
by Neil Hawkes - Being a School of Excellence: The Role of the School Assembly
by Neil Hawkes - Being a School of Excellence: The Role of Reflection
by Neil Hawkes - Science, Technology and the Teaching of Values - PDF
by Derek Sankey
This paper was presented at the Science and Technology Education Conference 2002, at the Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China, in June 2002. - Character Education is for everyone!
by Kathleen A. Shea, Ph.D.
Published in the Miami Herald - February 2002 - Making the case for Values/CharacterEducation: A Brief Review of the Literature - PDF
by Kathleen A. Shea, Ph.D. - Educating for a Culture of Peace in Refugee Camps -PDF
by Diane Tillman
Published in the 2001 International Focus Issue of Childhood Education, this article describes the approach used in this Living Values program for refugees and children affected by was as well as its implementation in a Karen refugee camp. - Parenting for the 21st Century: A Values-Based Approach
by Diane G. Tillman
This paper was presented at UNESCO's Education for the 21st Century Conference for the Asia-Pacific Region in Melbourne, Australia, March, 1998. - Developing Values Schematic: The LVEP Method - PDF
by Diane Tillman
This paper explores how children and youth can be encouraged to explore and develop values in today's world. The importance of a values-based atmosphere is shared, and the sequence of activities used in the Living Values Education model are described. - Theoretical Background and Support for Living Values: An Educational Program - PDF
by Diane Tillman
This paper, by the primary author of LVEP's Living Values Series of books, shares the theoretical underpinnings of this program along with some of the current research that supports this approach to values education. The rationale for including various types of activities with Living Values Education are delineated.
A Quiet Revolution
by Frances Farrer
Encouraging positive values in our children
Honesty - Truthfulness - Respect - Happiness - Peace - Responsibility - Love
These key concepts form part of a remarkable initiative lead by head teacher, Neil Hawkes, at West Kidlington Primary School, Oxford. Here a quiet revolution is in process: teaching children how to deal with complex situations from a position of strength and self-respect, and how to develop a stable inner world.
Publisher Rider - Mind, body, spirit
Publication date: 31/08/2000 - 177 pages 216x137mm - ISBN: 0712605770
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UBUNTU! Re-ignite the spirit of humanity!
Rediscover the art of living together in harmony
A resource book and workshop manual for teachers and facilitators working with children, young adults, parents and organisations
Developed in collaboration with an international team of trainers including LVE facilitators
- Colourful, clear and easy to use, the book contains a wide variety of reflective, creative & interactive activities. Many are based on the Living Values Education approach.
- Facilitators are encouraged to be creative, adapt the activities, design their own workshops
- Ubuntu, an ancient African code of ethics, is used as a framework for exploring the universal values that are essential for living together in harmony and for building bridges across cultures and nations.
- Quotations are given from well-known personalities of different backgrounds who stress the need for Ubuntu values in areas such as conflict resolution, reconciliation, community cohesion & education.
- References to inspiring role models and humanitarian organisations worldwide that demonstrate Ubuntu values, provide examples for reflection.
Reverend Desmond Tutu, former Archbishop of Cape Town, describes Ubuntu:
“Ubuntu ... It speaks to the very essence of being human. When we want to give high praise to someone we say, ‘Yu, u nobuntu’: he or she has Ubuntu. This means that they are generous, hospitable, friendly, caring and compassionate. They share what they have and are able to go the extra mile for the sake of others. I am human because I belong, I participate, I share. A person with Ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good; for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes with knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole. We believe that a person is a person through other persons, that my humanity is caught up, bound up, inextricably, with yours. When I dehumanize you, I inexorably dehumanize myself.”
Nine workshop modules explore themes such as personal and social values, community cohesion, interconnectedness between people and with the environment, conflict prevention and resolution, and implementing Ubuntu values in today’s world.
The aim of this resource book and facilitators’ guide is to enable the reader / workshop participants to experience the beauty of Ubuntu, find parallels in their own cultures and to re-ignite the spirit of humanity in their lives – to feel the joy of sharing, to develop the courage to forgive someone, to increase our compassion, to recognise that we are all part of one big human family.
Reviews and recommendations
“Occasionally, I read a book that really does re-ignite the spirit of humanity. Introducing UBUNTU is one of those wonderfully engaging books. There is an ever-increasing need for humanity to rediscover the art of living together in harmony. The ancient African tradition of Ubuntu is an inspiring model for all people, as it has a universal application in all cultures. I have no hesitation in recommending this outstanding book for both children and adults, as a tool for living life to the full, in peace and harmony with others”.
Dr. Neil Hawkes, International Consultant for Values-based Education, UK
“The modules include a wide range of activities based on multiple intelligences, such as kinesthetic, musical, spatial, intrapersonal and interpersonal. These activities make this book experiential and reflective … visualization is used effectively to enhance creative and reflective thinking.”
Mrs Lata Venkateswar, primary school teacher, United Arab Emirates
“This is a book that would appeal to those who are involved in the promotion of human values activities, such as facilitators of workshops on values-based education. Ubuntu practitioners like me and organisations and institutions that are involved in the development of Ubuntu would also love to have it."
Mr. John Bhengu, author, South Africa
Author: Helen Sayers, focal point for ALIVE in Oman, & coordinator of the Swiss Association for Living Values’ project in West and Central Africa (www.lvafricacentwest.net).
Director and trainer, Oasis Human Resource Development, Oman.
For further information about the availability of the book, details of workshops and train-the-trainer courses, or if you would like help in organising a workshop, please contact Helen at: helen@oasisoman.com