Values in Education in Northern Ireland,
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| Comment: | This means fostering a management style that points up the importance of collaboration, positive and supportive relationships, consensus building and consistent monitoring and evaluation procedures. |
Classroom Climate
Every classroom should reflect:
- respect for each individual
- respect for self
- respect for a variety of cultures
- a sense of belonging to the community of the classroom
- caring, consideration, empathy
- co-operative working skills
- learner autonomy
- appreciation of learning
- rights, responsibilities and rules
- a continuing evaluation and development of the classroom climate
- trust, a sense of valuing the individual
- the joy of learning
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This means planning and developing a climate where both
the learning/teaching process and the hidden curriculum of interpersonal
relationships: - promote effective learning for all - stimulate individual progress - respond to individual aspirations - encourage openness and negotiation - allow pupils to take responsibility for their own learning |
The Teaching/Learning Process
The Teaching/Learning Process should be:
- active
- participative
- investigative
- varied
- co-operative
- supportive
- learner-centred
- differentiated
It should encourage:
- independent learning
- personal autonomy
- critical thinking
- self-esteem
- investigation
- imagination
- creativity
- the construction of knowledge in terms of information, concepts,
skills, attitudes and values
| Comment: | This means devising strategies and approaches that encourage and validate the contribution of all learners. It also means providing educational experiences that develop and extend the learner's interests and enthusiasm along with the capacity for critical reflection. |
Pastoral Care
The Pastoral Care system should:
- value each learner
- build supportive relationships
- promote the school as a secure educational base
- encourage discussion and negotiation
- promote partnerships between school, parents and the wider
community
| Comment: | This means promoting trust, caring and a sense of belonging by devising procedures that; allow each learner to develop a supportive relationship with an identified member of staff; develop channels of communication with parents and others in the community; create mechanisms for conflict resolution and for addressing individual anxieties and thus provide a means of promoting the well-being of all pupils. |
Physical Environment
This should:
- promote a sense of well-being
- stimulate
- be welcoming, comfortable, colourful, attractive and ever
changing
| Comment: | This means taking every opportunity to promote a welcoming
and reassuring atmosphere in the school and its classrooms. This
can be achieved through:
- welcoming signs and notices
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