EVIDENCE-BASED ARTICLES ON LIVING VALUES AND CHARACTER EDUCATION

Evidence of the Impact of Values Education 
by Dr. Neil Hawkes

Based on the research of the University of Newcastle, Australia (2009) which looks at how values-based schools give increasing curriculum and teaching emphasis to Values Education. As a consequence students become more academically diligent, the school assumes a calmer, more peaceful ambience, better student-teacher relationships are forged, student and teacher wellbeing improves and parents are more engaged with the school 

Making the case for Values/CharacterEducation: A Brief Review of the Literature
by Kathleen A. Shea, Ph.D.

This paper highlights relevant theory and research that form the bases for teaching values.  It looks at some of the concepts (aspects about behavior or mental processes) and principles (relationships between concepts) that support the need for values education.

Character Education is for everyone! 
by Kathleen A. Shea, Ph.D. 

Published in the Miami Herald (February 2002).  According to a leading character educator, Dr. Thomas Lickona, the question is not whether to do character education, but whether to do it well. For that reason, the Division of Social Sciences co-sponsored the recent teacher in- service with Living Values Education.

Developing Values Schematic: The LVEP Method
by Diane Tillman

Exploring how children and youth can be encouraged to investigate and develop values in today's world.  The importance of a values-based atmosphere is shared, and the sequence of activities used in the Living Values Education model are described.

Theoretical Background and Support for Living Values: An Educational Program
by Diane Tillman 

This paper, by the primary author of LVEP's Living Values Series of books, shares the theoretical underpinnings of this program along with some of the current research that supports this approach to values education.  The rationale for including various types of activities with Living Values Education are delineated.

Parenting for the 21 st Century: A Values-Based Approach
by Diane Tillman 

This paper was presented at UNESCO's Education for the 21st Century Conference for the Asia-Pacific Region in Melbourne, Australia, March, 1998.

Whole Teaching, Whole Schools, Whole Teachers
by John P. Miller

To teach the whole child, we need whole teaching, whole schools, and whole teachers.  Article recommended by Principle of ACES school in Aventura FL.