Carol Hawman is a freelance writer, editor and trainer working within education and sport. Carol started out as a youth worker before joining Outward Bound. From outdoor education she moved into disability sports development then joined the Youth Sport Trust, where she worked for ten years, developing and implementing PE and sport programmes for young people. Since becoming self-employed in 2007, Carol has worked with a variety of agencies on a range of topics. She recently wrote the Get Set Values Awards.
Three years ago I was listening to the BBC Radio 4 Education Debates. The discussion focused on what we should teach our children in school. It included a clip from an enthusiastic boy who talked about the values he had been learning: respect, honesty and determination. A member of the expert panel was dismissive, claiming a school curriculum should be about skills and knowledge, not “wishy-washy” values. Yet this was 2012: the year that banks were in the news regularly for dishonest dealings. A few days later the London 2012 Olympic Games opened, followed by the Paralympic Games, and the nation was inspired by witnessing the Olympic Values of excellence, respect and friendship and the Paralympic Values of determination, inspiration, courage and equality. What did those contrasting stories tell us about the need for values in education and life?
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