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Values education is an activity during which people are assisted
by appropriately qualified adults (and sometimes older children),
in schools, homes, clubs and religious and other youth
organisations, to make explicit those values underlying their own
attitudes; to assess the effectiveness of these values for their
and others' long term well-being and to reflect on and acquire
other values which are more effective for short term and long term
well-being |
This is quite a mouthful
and each element of the definition is explicated in other articles and
books on the CAVE Website..
CAVE’s Vision
The Centre for Alleviating
Social Problems through Values Education (CAVE) aims to enhance the
quality of life of as many people as possible by assisting parents,
school teachers, university and college lecturers, employers,
managers, religious leaders, social workers and youth workers, for
example, to implement programmes to encourage ethical (responsible)
behaviour.
Our quality of life will
not improve - our feeling of well-being will not increase - if we
continually face social problems, such as physical violence, theft,
fraud, vandalism, drug misuse, racism, drug and sex induced diseases
and teenage pregnancy.
CAVE, by promoting study
and debate about values education and then encouraging people to
implement values education activities, will strive to reduce social
problems by:
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Generating
income by selling expertise, services and publications, and by
obtaining research and development funding from governmental sources
and commercial sponsorship for specific projects.
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Working with
and supporting teachers, parents, voluntary youth workers and
government education departments (local and national), to find out how
values education can be applied in different types of organisations
and to different kinds of social problems.
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Working with,
supporting and commissioning researchers in schools, colleges and
universities to undertake fundamental research into the principles
underpinning values education.
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Working with,
supporting and commissioning experienced educationists and other
professionals to develop specific and practical school, college and
university programmes in values education.
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Disseminating
the results of research and examples of good practice in easily
readable reports and in effective workshops, seminars and conferences.
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Raising the
awareness of politicians (local and national) and managers in the
professions and industry of what is required in schools and other
youth settings to encourage responsible behaviour, and to lobby them
to take such necessary action.
The work ahead
As is to be expected with
something as different and far-reaching as values education, many
people will need to be convinced of its effectiveness. This will take
time and effort.
Your
donation to the work of values education would be most gratefully
received and put to good work.
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