ABSTRACT
In this chapter I shall show how a recent curriculum project has addressed the issue of values education in a pluralist society. The project in question is the Values and Visions project. I shall:
• give a brief history of the project • outline the assumptions on which the project is based, its learning cycle and structure • discuss whose values should be upheld • discuss the context of values education • look at practical ways of developing shared values and shared visions which include
individual perspectives • identify the underpinning skills for values education • identify listening as a key to values education • highlight the active acknowledgement of suffering as a factor in values education • assess how the Values and Visions project meets the criteria of the spiritual, cultural,
moral and social dimension of the curriculum • reflect on the question ‘Are we doing Values and Visions?’
