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Education Aims & Objectives

Values Education

Theory, Practice, Problems, Prospects

by (author) John R. Meyer

edited by Brian Burnham & John Cholvat

Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Initial publish date
Sep 1975
Category
Aims & Objectives, Educational Psychology, Essays
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780889206854
    Publish Date
    Sep 1975
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889200159
    Publish Date
    Sep 1975
    List Price
    $32.95

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Values—those intangible guideposts—serve as standards and perceptual screens which assist us in selecting our priorities for reflection and action. Our quest is to clarify, compare, and form values expressed in defensible and consistent value judgements and actions.

About the authors

John R. Meyer is the Director of the Values Education Centre in Burlington, Ontario.

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Brian Burnham, who was educated at the Universities of Toronto, London and Stockholm, was formerly Head of the History Department, York Memorial Collegiate. As Assistant to the Director of the Ontario Curriculum Institute, Mr. Burnham edited many of the original study reports. At the merger he became Staff Project Director, Office of Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

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John Cholvat is the Research Officer of the Halton Board of Education in Burlington, Ontario.

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