ABSTRACT
Rarely has there been such a lively concern for the teaching of values in schools.The inspectorate wrote a report, Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (1994), attempting to define the ‘curriculum area’; the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (SCAA) produced in 1996 a discussion paper, Education for Adult Life: The Spiritual and Moral Development of Young People ; and the National Forum for Values in Education and the Community disseminated its concerns through a consultation document on Values in Education and the Community (1996). The result of that consultation was a rather weighty document from SCAA, The Promotion of Pupils’ Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (1997), which sets out in massive detail what teachers need to do for their children to grow up as good human beings.
