positive education for the future
Contributors:
Dr Anthony Seldon is 13th Master of Wellington
College, one of Britain’s most famous independent
schools. He is author or editor of over 30 books on
contemporary history, politics and education. Dr
Seldon is Professor at the College of Teachers, and
Fellow of King’s College London, the Royal Historical
Society and the Royal Society of Arts. He founded,
with Professor Peter Hennessy, the Institute of
Contemporary British History, and the Action For
Happiness with Lord Layard and Geoff Mulgan.
His books and lectures on education include Public
and Private Education: The Divide Must End (2001);
Partnership not Paternalism (2002); An End to Factory
Schools (2009); Why Schools? Why Universities? (Cass
Lecture, 2010); and Why the Development of Good
Character Matters More Than the Passing of Exams
(Priestley Lecture, 2013). Dr Seldon is a passionate
exponent of co-education, the International
Baccalaureate, independent education, the teaching
of happiness/well-being and the development of the
all-round child.
David Walker completed a first career in the British
Army in September 2007. For the last 8 years of this, he
worked as a regional manager of specialist welfare,
delivering interventions and advice to families,
service members, and to the chain of command. His
academic progress took place on a part-time basis
alongside his first career until he started a full-time
PhD at Durham University in September 2007 (ESRC
funded). This research investigated identity transitions
of 28 career soldiers and officers anticipating exit
from the British Army. After working freelance for a
number of organizations (NHS, Army Welfare Service,
Durham University and Institute of Criminal Policy
Research at Birbeck, University of London), David
became a Research Associate at Purdue University,
Indiana, USA. He worked in the Military Family
Research Institute (part of the HDFS Department)
on a large longitudinal study of National Guard
families experiencing operational deployment. David
was also involved in research and writing activities
for other projects such as the evaluation of Sesame
multimedia materials designed for families with a
wounded or injured member. At the Jubilee Centre
for Character and Values, David is working on a
project investigating the place of character and virtue
education in British Schools.
Jane Hawkes BSc MSc CTA PTSTA UKCP Registered
Psychotherapist Trustee of the International Values
Education Trust (IVET) Jane Hawkes is a qualified
and respected psychotherapist. For many years
Jane worked as an innovative trainer and guidance
counsellor, supporting disaffected young people. Jane
actively supports the development of Values-based
Education (VbE) worldwide, addressing conferences
and leading workshops in Australia, Belgium,
Brunei, Cyprus, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Seychelles
and throughout the United Kingdom. Her particular
professional interests are currently focused on
supporting both adults and children to understand
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the Inner Curriculum of thoughts, feelings and
emotions and how they impact on behaviour,
which is essential when establishing a values-based
school and community. Jane can be contacted
about speaking at conferences and running training
workshops at: [email protected]
Howard Rodstein has, since 1978, been working
in the Scarsdale public schools where for the past
seven years he has served as the director of the
Scarsdale Alternative School . As the head of this
“Just Community” school, he has co-led numerous
workshops at national and international conferences,
most recently in St. Louis, New York City, Chicago,
and Charlotte, North Carolina, on the application of
Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral development to
the A-School’s six core structures. Raised in a small
town in north Georgia where he attended public
school, Howard completed his undergraduate work at
Brandeis University, and he holds two Masters degrees
from Teachers College, Columbia University and Bank
Street College of Education, also located in New York
City. He is also an Annenburg Institute trained Critical
Friends Group coach; using this model of reflective
practice, he has been co-facilitating a teacher study
group in Scarsdale for more than a dozen years, and
he has been training teacher-leaders in a school
district neighboring his own in suburban New
York. Besides serving as an administrator and staff
developer, Howard continues to teach 10th grade
English at the A-School.
Dr. Chi-Ming (Angela) LEE is full professor of
National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan. She is
greatly interested in empirical research on moral
development, moral atmosphere and professional
curricula of civic and moral education, both the
creation and improvement of their impleme