I am sure you will be well aware of yesterday’s White Paper release. In particular, I was interested to read Chapter 6 “Building character and resilience in every child” P94. Though the paper persists of linking Character traits with British Values, both knowledge …
There has been an out pouring of Character Education, Values and Virtues this past weekend. I hardly been able to keep up. Friday morning I attended Ian Morris’s session at the Wellington family INSET – ‘What’s the point of school? Well-being. Obviously.’ Ian …
I have read, watched and consumed a fair quantity of values, virtues and character content in the past month. By chance, I stumbleupon an up coming FutureLearn (MOOC) course “What is Character? Virtue Ethics in Education.” Character heavyweights contributing to the …
Keeping in mind that “we are a long way from knowing precisely ‘what works’ in terms of specific approaches and programmes,” (Gary Walsh) I am trying to define my own framework for Values based Education. Ian Morris has confirmed with …
A school that whole-heartedly believes in the development of values and virtues needs a blue print. Following up on a handful of conversations, readings, a documentary and a stumbleupon Character Scotland I posed a key question to Executive Officer, Gary Walsh. I am very thankful for …
Invisible threads are the strongest ties. – Friedrich Nietzsche Coincidence and opportunity continue to fortuitously collide as I aim to development a whole school vision and strategy. Whilst maintaining a sharp focus on Teaching, Learning and Assessment and school accountability, leading on systems …
