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October 1, 2001
Living Values Education Books Receive Teachers' Choice Award
Living Values is proud to announce that its
series of five books on values education published
earlier this year has won The Teachers' Choice
Award. This award is especially meaningful
as it derives from the only awards programme
in the USA judged by teachers in the classroom.
The Teachers' Choice Award is run by Learning
Magazine (owned by The Education Center), a
national publication in the USA for teachers
and educators. Products submitted for consideration
are evaluated by 80 teachers from across the
country and the evaluation of product finalists
is conducted by yet another team of teachers.
Award winners will be featured in the Learning
Magazine's January 2002 issue - its national
circulation is 150,000.
The five volumes in the Living Values series
of books released in spring 2001 by HCI Books:
The Life Issues Publisher, of Florida, USA,
are:
Translation of the books is ongoing in 22
languages and LVE Educator Workshops, which
are recommended in order to implement LVE most
effectively, are available around the world.
Living Values is deeply honoured to have received
this award which reinforces the encouraging
assessments it continues to receive from teachers,
such as the following:
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"Students need to incorporate values.
This is a good way to do it."
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"The activities in the book seem to encourage
the children to think about their own experiences
and actions. They also explore the many
situations that children encounter everyday."
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"I expect that portions of the book for
my grade level will resonate through my
lesson plans for a long time."
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"My students loved the stories. The children
seemed to relate to the stories and at
times empathized with the characters."
In addition to the above books, which are
readily available, our international partners
have also produced two modules for educators
who undergo specialised training, namely:
Living Values Education is
being used worldwide by educators and facilitators
to provide an approach for children, young
adults and parents to explore twelve key values.
The program builds positive emotional and social
skills, self-esteem, emotional intelligence
and creative expression - the wellspring of
skills that will enable youth to respond positively
to the challenges of an ever-changing and diverse
society.
For further information about the series of books, contact
the publisher, HCI, in the USA at: (800) 851-9100 ext.
212.
Books may be ordered online through the publisher's
website at http://www.hcibooks.com/ or by telephoning (800)
441-5569 in the USA.
Living Values: An Education Program Inc. is a partnership
of educators around the world. For further information
on International efforts, visit our web site at www.livingvalues.net |
