Human Values Foundation

SEE is an inspiring course for 12+ year olds.

Every Child Matters

It helps students develop a healthy lifestyle, good relationships, a caring attitude, confidence and responsibility.

The core values of Truth, Love, Peace, Right Action and Non-Violence, together with related values, which are essential components of the EDUCATION IN HUMAN VALUES programme for primary schools, are carried into the SOCIAL and EMOTIONAL EDUCATION programme with a more discerning approach for this more mature age group.

SOCIAL and EMOTIONAL EDUCATION comprises a comprehensive Teacher’s Manual, together with two volumes of Lesson Modules. These are full of illustrative activities such as: group exercises; quizzes; role plays; suggestions for related projects; and areas for further exploration (within the school or set as homework). SEE uses the following familiar teaching techniques to deliver the values:

• forum
• quotation
• silent reflection
• focus (story or event)
• song (optional)
• activity

This course is specifically designed to encourage discussion, debate and dialogue about the challenges of life and how to manage them. A key element of this programme is a FORUM in which students can discuss their emotions and feelings about the lesson’s theme. By doing so, they:

• learn about themselves. They explore how their feelings and emotions influence their behaviour and how their behaviour in turn affects the world around them.
• learn how to express feelings and emotions in response to the sometimes challenging issues they experience in life. Many of these issues are raised and explored positively in the SEE programme, covering subject titles such as “Bravery and courage”, “The power to choose” and “Forgiveness”.
• learn how to listen to the feelings and emotions of others, creating a sense of unity, developing compassion and understanding towards others and building empathy.

These are important life skills and qualities for any person to develop, whether they are young or old.

The website addresses that appear in this programme are given by the Human Values Foundation in good faith. Teachers and other users of this programme are advised however, to check a website's suitability before permitting children and students to use it as sites and addresse can change over time.