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Values Education

Every decision a school makes is values based.

What is emphasised, included in or omitted from the school curriculum, the relationships fostered and encouraged with the parent community, among staff and between staff and students, the school’s classroom organisation, preferred pedagogical approaches and behaviour management strategies all reflect the values of the principal, staff and the school community.

In a sense schools can never be values neutral.

The Curriculum Framework (1988) defines values as:
...the beliefs we hold. They are the ideas about what someone or a group thinks is important in life and they play a very important part in our decision making.


These values are either explicitly or implicitly endorsed in all of the Curriculum Framework’s eight learning area outcomes.

The Curriculum Council has also made explicit the links between the values in the Curriculum Framework and those outlined in the National Values for Australian Schooling:  
Values in the Curriculum Framework



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