Transcript THEME: A Lasallian Vision of Value Education

THEME: A Lasallian
Vision of Value
Education
Objectives:
1. Identify core values in a Lasallian
Education.
2. Reflect
on the methods of
communicating those core values
in a formal school setting
Working definitions for this
presentation
Values – One’s principles or standards;
One’s judgment of what is
important or valuable in life
Core values – often used in context of
defining an organization’s most important
principles or standards (values) that
characterize it in the midst of other
organizations of a similar nature
LASALLIAN CORE VALUES
Heritage found in two major texts written by
La Salle and the early Brothers:
(progressively edited from 1690 to 1718)
VISION: Meditations for the Time of Retreat
PEDAGOGICAL IMPLEMENTATION: The
Conduct of the Christian Schools
SESSION ONE
LASALLIAN CORE VALUES: Those values operative
within the organization which are adapted from the
experience of La Salle and the early Brothers and
which give a special character to the
organization’s work today:
1. Develop Awareness / Intimacy with the
Divine
2. Form community with others of a like mind
3. Acquire Knowledge / Wisdom necessary to
lead a good life
4. Exercise Compassion / Response to the
needs of others, especially the poor.
Core Value-I
Develop Awareness / Intimacy with the Divine
“Let us remember that we are in the holy
presence of God.”
“Live Jesus / God” in our hearts …
Forever”
2. Develop a real relationship with God
3. Integral to that relationship is the inclusion
of others and a concern for their welfare.
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Core Value-II
Form community with others of a like mind
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Relationship with others includes a
common educational purpose and
practices
Make a reasonable commitment of time
to activities that build community
Support for the practice of other core
values
Core Value-III
Acquire Knowledge / Wisdom necessary to lead a
good life
“good life” includes: employment;
character; contribution to society;
wisdom concerning the purpose of
life.
2. Commitment to competence and
excellence
1.
Core Value-IV
Exercise Compassion / Response to the
needs of others, especially the poor.
Experience / envision a relationship
to others that leads to compassion /
response
2. “needs of the poor” are a special
focus for Lasallian Education
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Session One: Core Values –
Reflection / Discussion Questions
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What aspect of St. Lasalle’s life or
his decisions as depicted in the
video do I most admire?
Which Lasallian core values do I
already practice easily and
frequently? Why?
Which Lasallian core value do I need
to understand and develop better?
Why?
SESSION TWO
Communicating the Lasallian Core
Values
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Personal example
Management: Classroom
and school
Use of the imagination
Students’ experience
Method I: Personal Example
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Challenges to our own “value
system”
Impact of what we DO
compared to what we SAY
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Method II: Management –
classroom and school
Effort required to achieve
“competence and excellence”
Knowing the students….
Correction versus punishment
Method III:
Use of the Imagination
In imaginative constructs
(stories, parable, movies…)
the whole person is engaged
2. Biographies /
autobiographies provide
convincing proof
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Method IV:
Students’ Experience
Reinforce the experience
students have when they act
according to “core values”
2. Provide service projects rooted
in the social situation that
surround them
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SESSION TWO:
Communicating the Lasallian Core
Values
Reflection / Discussion Questions
Which Lasallian core values are
already being well communicated in
your school? Please describe some
of the effective methods.
2. Which Lasallian core values are
most neglected or ineffectively
communicated? What can be done
to improve?
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