This is an account of the role that values play in quality teaching and learning at West Kidlington Primary School in Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. It is written from my perspective as the Headteacher there between 1993 and 1999. It draws on my personal experience and other less subjective sources, such as the school’s external inspection report, Frances Farrer’s (2000, 2006) account of the school’s programme in her books, A Quiet Revolution and A Quiet Revolution II, and my doctoral thesis (Oxford University). The thesis is entitled, Does teaching values improve the quality of education in primary schools? and is a detailed study of the impact of introducing Values Education at West Kidlington School.
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Hawkes, N. (2009). Values and Quality Teaching at West Kidlington Primary School. In: Lovat, T., Toomey, R. (eds) Values Education and Quality Teaching. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9962-5_7
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