EXPLORING CORE VALUES

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I am thrilled to see the creativity of young people. Far from despairing at some of the negative activities of youth, I find I am constantly surprised and humbled by their compassion and youthful wisdom.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate

Our Vision

The vision of Learning for Life is to build and strengthen character in the contexts of the family, education and employment through national evidence based research, developmental work and delivery of character education. We seek to make a real difference to the lives and character development of both learners and the professionals who support them in character formation. We seek to make an impact based on high quality research work, which provides a sound base for development and dissemination for policy and practice.

Latest News

Scottish Learning for Life Values Poster Awards Ceremony 2009

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The National Awards Presentation was held at the Scottish Parliament Building, Holyrood, on 16th June 2009.

The Virtue of Honesty at School: Limits and Possibilities Drawing on Pupils' Views

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Virtues are not only increasingly being explored in economics and psychology, but also the pedagogy of the English-speaking world is discussing virtue...

Research into the Character Formation of 14-16 year olds reveals initial results

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The first phase of this project has just been completed, and some of the findings are announced below.

Influences on children’s values

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Early findings from the first part of the phase II questionnaire completed by year 6 and year 7 children at schools in Canterbury in the second half o...

The Exploration of Character Development in the Early Years

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The Learning for Life: Early Years project has successfully recruited six Early Childhood Education settings. Three of these are located within rural...

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