What is the Cornerstone Values approach to character education?
• A simple, rational, manageable and inexpensive approach to character formation. • The character traits are taught by precept and example. • The teaching content is small the definitions of eight objective values, the law of consequences and rational decision making. • Recognises that character is communicated through relationships and is learned by being observed, modelled and experienced. For this reason the approach places a premium upon building a positive school culture. • The school supports of the teaching content by advocating and modelling the eight cornerstone values. • The eight cornerstone values inform and influence everything that happens in a school. • The approach is not an addition to the curriculum but uses the curriculum and existing resources to communicate and build character. • Acknowledges that while parents are the first and most important teachers of character the school has a pivotal role to play. • Acknowledges that character education is a team effort invol
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- Where is the evidence that the Cornerstone Values approach to character education works to restore and conserve responsible and respectful behavior in schools?
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