References - values

Layard, R. & Dunn, J. (Ed) (2009) A Good Childhood: Searching for Values in a Competitive Age. The Landmark Report for the Children’s Society. London; Penguin.

The quotes from the 2009 Landmark Report for the Children’s Society come from the biggest inquiry into the condition of childhood ever conducted in the UK. The report is organised into 9 chapters with an Afterword by Rowan Williams. The 9 chapters are; Is there a problem?; Family; Friends; Lifestyle; Values; Schooling; Mental Health; Inequalities; Conclusions. I have focused on quotations from the Conclusions that highlight the importance of love, respect, and evidence. I have included a quote from Rowan Williams’ Afterword that focuses on the need to offer ‘some robust account of what long-term human welfare looks like and what it demands’ (see the last sentence of the quotes). I see you offering such robust accounts in the exercise of your educational responsibility to produce your living educational theories of your educational accountability with your pupils, students and colleagues in terms of your values.