ERIC ED393218: Values in Education and Education in Values.

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Halstead, J. Mark, Ed.; Taylor, Monica J., Ed.
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Values in Education and Education in Values.
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Cultural Pluralism; Democratic Values; Educational
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Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Ethical
Instruction; Health Education; *Humanistic Education;
Moral Development; Moral Values; *Values; *Values
Clarification; *Values Education
ABSTRACT
The major purpose of this book is to set out some of
the key issues and debates relating to the importance of values in
education and of education in values. After an introductory chapter
about the concept of values and values education, part
1 provides a
variety of perspectives on the values that underpin contemporary
education. The introduction and chapters in part
1 include:
(1)
"Values and Values Education in Schools" (J. Marx Halstead);
(2)
"Liberal Values and Liberal Education" (J. Mark Halstead);
(3) "The
Ambiguity of Spiritual Values" (John M. Hull);
(4) "Moral Values"
(5) "Environmental Values and Education" (John C.
(Mary Warnock);
(6) "Democratic Values and the Foundations of Political
Smyth);
Education" (Francis Dunlop);
(7) "Values in the Arts" (David Best);
"Food, Smoking and Sex: Valies in Health Education" (Michael J.
(8)
Reiss); and (9) "Values and Education Policy" (Richard Pring). Part 2
focuses on school practice. The chapters examine a variety of ways in
which values may be incorporated into the activities of schools. They
include: (10) "Voicing Their Values: Pupils' Moral and Cultural
Experience" (Monica J. Taylor); (11) "Vision, Values and Virtues"
(12) "School Mission Statements and Parental
(Jasper Ungoed-Thomas) ;
Perceptions" (Andrew Marfleet); (13) "Planning for Values Education
(14) "An Inner-city
in the School Curriculum" (Janet Edwards);
Perspective on Values Education" (Elaine Foster-Allen); and (15)
"Assessing Children's Personal Development: The Ethical Implications"
(Rath Merttens). Themes throughout the book concern the meaning and
nature of values; the concept of education; the impact of social
change and diversity; the relationship between religion and values;
the development of values in children; the role of the teacher; and
the inspection of values education. Each chapter contains an abstract
and references.
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Values in Education
and
Education in Values
Values in Education
and
Education in Values
mired b.1'
J. Mark Halstead and Monica
J. Taylor
The Falmer Press
(A member of the Taylor & Francis
Group)
London
Washington, D.C.
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The Falmer Press, -I John Street, London W( IN 2FT
UK
1900 Frost Road, Suite 101,
The Fa Imer Press Taylor & Frankis Ink ,
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Bristol, PA 19007
Halstead and NI I. Tayltn, 1996
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Contents
Prefike
vii
Introduction
1
Values and Values Fducation in Sch()ols
1
3
I Mark Halstead
Part I:
Values in Education
15
Liberal Values and Liberal Education
2
j Mark Halstead
3 The Ambiguity of Spiritual Values
33
John
Hull
Moral Values
45
Mary Wamock
Environmental Values and Education
John C. Smyth
6
Democratic Values .,:nd the Foundations of Political
Education
Francis Dunlop
7
Values in the Arts
David Best
8
Food, Smoking and Sex Values in
I lealth Education
92
Michaell. Reiss
9
Values and Education Policy
Richard Pring
Part II:
Education in Values
119
10
Voicing their Values Pupils Moral and cultural
Experkmce
121
Monica I Taylor
Vision, Values and Virtues
11
I
I
la%per I 11,00d-1hornas
ontents
155
_hool Mission Statements and Paienul Perceptions
ndPete Madleet
167
Planning for Values Education in the School Curriculum
13
.lanet
180
An Inner-city Peispective on Values Education
14
Elaine Foster-Allen
Assessing Children's Personal Devek)pment: Ilw Ethical
IS
191
Implications
Ruth ,VIertten.,
203
Notes on Contributorc
207
Index
7
l't
The majoi purpose of this volume is
to set out some of the key issues and
debates relating to the importance of values
in education and of education in
values, and to stimulate discussion and reflection
among teachers, administra-
tors, researchers and educational policymakers.
The volume has a twofold structure,
one formal the other informal. At a
formal level, the structure falls in
two parts. After an introductory chapter
about the concept of values and values education.
Part I provides a variety of
perspectives on the values that underpin
contemporary education: in theory
and practice, from the point of view of the
government and the school, and
front the perspective of the growing diversity
of modern society. Chapter 2
argues that education in western democratic societies is invariably
grounded
on the fundamental liberal values of freedom. equality and
rationality
In
Chapters 3 to 8, six groups of values
are identified
spiritual, moral, environ-
mental, democratic, and those of the
arts and of health education
and the
meaning and importance of these values for education
is discussed. Chapter
9 examines the values behind
government education policy and compares
these to the goal of educating the whole
person. These chapters are by no
means based on a common ideology (nor are they necessarily
a reflection of
the editors own views), but their
very diversity is designed to challenge taken-
for-granted views, to offer new insights and
to encourage further discussion.
Part 11 focuses on school practice. The chapters
examine a variety of ways
in which values may be incorporated into the activities of schools.
and aim to
encourage further reflection on the processes of values education.
Chapter 10
e \amines pupils' values in the light of their experiences
at school. Chapter 11
suggests ways in which schools can develop
a clear vision of their goals.
hapter 12 examines school mission
statements and the influence of these on
parents choice of schools. Chapter 13 considers whole school
issues and ways
of approaching values education within the
school cerriculum. Chapter 14
draws on the author's own experience
as a recent headteacher of a multiethnic
inner-city school and describes the link between
values education and the
school's ethos and structures. Finally, Chapter
15 examines the ethical impli-
cations of assessing chiidren's personal development.
Alongside this formal structure is
an undercurrent of debates about values
and education which surface
tin tulle to utile though( ml the hook These
IN
education, the iiw
include the meaning and nature of values, the concept of
the relationship between religion
pact of social change md cultural diversity;
role of the
and values; children's developing understanding of values; the
teacher; and the :nspection of values education.
Education
The book has its origins in a conference on Spiritual and Moial
chapters
held at the lIniversity of Plymouth in September 1993. Four of the
tIngoed-Tlynnas
those by John 1lull, Andrew Madleet, Ruth Merttens and Jasper
of the papers they presented at that conference. The
- are revised versions
volume.
remaining chapters have been written especially fm ,his
others
In addition to the authors of individual chapters, there are many
volume, both through conversations
w ho have contributed indirectly to this
during the
and discussions and through practical and moral encouragement
pressures of writing. Our thanks are due to them
all.
J. Mark Flalstead
Monica J. Taylor
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