The Values-based Curriculum
A Values-based Curriculum is a balanced, holistic approach to education that wraps around the national and individual school-focused curriculum to create an environment that is shaped by an explicit teaching and modelling of pro-social and pro-environmental human values. The achievements of a values-based curriculum for students include developing a positive sense of self-worth, improved ethical and relational capacities and a greater connection with the natural world.
VbE Curriculum Videos
VbE Curriculum Resources
On the Subject of Values, and the Value of Subjects
This is a book written and edited by many of the leading figures in the world of values-based education. It introduces the concept and rationale for a values-based curriculum and provides extensive examples of how to incorporate values-based principles and practices within a school's most common teaching subjects, such as Mathematics, Geography and Sports.
The publisher John Catt Educational has set up a 30% discount for values-based teachers and schools using the discount code: vbe30A Primary School Curriculum
An example of a values education curriculum created by Pixies Hill School that poses values-related questions for teachers to incorporate within their lessons.
Further resources are available in our webpage Values in the Curriculum
Interview
Eardisley Primary School
The BBC interviews students and the head teacher, Bridget Knight, about a parliamentary initiative at the school. The focus of the interview switched quickly to values and how impressed the interviewer was with the students.
To hear the interview, click here
Part 1: 36 minutes (after Lewis Capaldi)
Part 2: 1 hour and 34 minutes (after Simply Red)