This thesis explores the teaching of values in Australian schools through a framework by the Australian Federal government during the 2000s. This paper focuses on: the approaches employed by the Australian Federal government in the implementation of Values Education; and the application of cases of values-based education established utilized by school cluster groups throughout Australia. This research explores the implementation of a values-based education program on a national scale and provides recommendations on: best practices for teaching values-based education in schools; and the inclusion of key stakeholders, such as, school administrators & staff, teachers, students, parents, and members of the wider community in order to achieve the successful establishment of a wide scale approach to the teaching of values in schools.
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