24 April 2006
Values and how they are taught in Australian schools will be the focus of a major international conference being held by Monash University on April 27 and 28.
Dr Inna Semetsky, postdoctoral research fellow in Monash University's Faculty of Education, is coordinator of the conference "Moral Education and Australian Values".
"The conference will provide an outstanding opportunity to evaluate and explore the way values are taught within our schools," Dr Semetsky said.
"The importance of investigating the theoretical foundations for values education was stressed at the 2005 and 2006 National Values Education Forums, sponsored by the Australian Government as part of its $29.7 million commitment to a national values program.
"Our conference will not only explore and strengthen the conceptual basis for practising values education in Australian schools, but will also address alternative options to traditional teaching methods."
What: Moral Education and Australian Values
Where: Seminar Room 1, Monash Conference Centre, Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne
When: Friday 27 April, 6.30pm to 8.30pm; Saturday 28 April 2007, 9am to 5pm
A range of eminent Australian and international educationists, academics and community leaders will address the conference.
Key conference speakers will include Professor Terence Lovat, immediate past President of the Australian Council of Deans of Education and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Arts) University of Newcastle, NSW; and Professor Nel Nodding, Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Emerita, Stanford University, USA.
Dr Inna Semetsky is available for interview on +61 3 9905 2780. For more information contact Mr John Watts on +61 3 9905 9201 or 0448 574 1468.
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