Institutional Repository UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. 2024-03-29T15:45:55ZEPrintshttp://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/images/sitelogo.pnghttps://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/2016-11-30T06:27:31Z2016-11-30T06:27:31Zhttp://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/22759This item is in the repository with the URL: http://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/227592016-11-30T06:27:31ZValues Education – Principle and PracticeIf education is truly to foster the acquisition of the values, attitudes and skills
needed for life in our globalizing world, it is essential for there to be a revival of the view
of education as a moral enterprise, a purposeful activity designed to help humanity
flourish and support the overall development of the individual. Both students and
teachers need to feel valued, understood, safe and respected; in making a valuesbased
learning environment possible, educators not only require appropriate quality
teacher education and on-going professional development, they also need to be
valued, nurtured and cared for within the learning community. Priority must therefore
be given to creating values-based learning environments: classrooms in which a
commitment to a culture of values such as respect, responsibility, honesty, peace and
love becomes the touchstone for behaviour and relationships, sets the overall tone for
lessons and influences the pedagogy. This paper presents the UNESCO- and UNICEFsupported
Living Values Education (LVE) approach and the use of its award-winning
materials in professional development programmes. LVE professional development
positions values education not as another subject to be imparted to students but
rather as a philosophy of education that emphasises the importance of a teaching and
learning environment characterised by human values while also offering experiential,
empowering and contextually relevant content. When positive values and the search
for meaning and purpose are placed at the heart of learning and teaching, education
itself is valued and teachers are better able to deal with the challenges they face.
While much remains to be done, results indicate the effectiveness of this approach
and teachers’ responsiveness to it.Christopher Drake