How Values Education Can Improve Student and Teacher Wellbeing: A Simple Guide to the ’Education in Human Values’ Approach

Presenting Values Education as a solution to major challenges in education such as student disengagement and teacher burnout, this book provides a wealth of practical advice about how to implement the Education in Human Values approach in schools, promoting wellness and improved educational outcomes.

Values Education is a world-wide movement and comes in several forms. This book explains the need for and nature of values education, provides practical, easy strategies for implementing the Education in Human Values (EHV) approach, and outlines the educational theories that underpin it. The practical strategies in this book can be implemented in small increments in all aspects of school life. The focus is on both student and teacher wellbeing. The methods can also be used by teachers to address their own professional and personal challenges and to help them cope with difficult situations that cannot be changed.

Written for teachers, teacher educators, and teachers in training, this book is the one-stop-shop for gaining a better understanding of values education, how it can support whole-school wellbeing and how to implement it effectively.

Roger Packham has over 40 years’ experience in research and education, including a review for UN-Habitat of an EHV-based project, and a team member improving village-level wellbeing in India. He was the Deputy Chair of the Australian Sathya Sai School Board and past Director of the Australian Institute of Sathya Sai Education.

Margaret Taplin has over 30 years’ experience as a lecturer and researcher in teacher education. She has written several books and numerous articles about practical applications of EHV and led projects to introduce and develop EHV in primary schools in Mainland China, supported by the Hong Kong Institute of Sathya Sai Education.

Kevin Francis has over 44 years’ experience as a counsellor, teacher and facilitator in teacher education and positive psychology. He has conducted many workshops about the practical applications of EHV and introduced and developed aspects of EHV in State and Catholic educational systems.