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Some psychiatrists maintain that one third of patients seeking help from mental health professionals present with the issue of lack of values, meaning and purpose in their lives. Such widespread phenomena as anxiety, depression, aggression and addiction are not understandable unless we recognise the vacuum of meaning in the lives of many people.
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12 Pillars of Meaning and Connection Values Education Curriculum Outline
Introduction
The values and abilities outlined in this curriculum seek to foster personal growth and positive relationships.
Target Audience
The target audience for this curriculum are young people and adults seeking to improve their personal lives, their relationships and strengthen their families, and act in positive ways to improve the common good.
Know Thyself, Live Responsibly and Lovingly
Psychologists maintain that wellbeing and happiness are more than the absence of negative psychological states; it relies on a life of meaning and purpose, and connection and belonging. Research and historical human wisdom point to three fundamental issues with respect to being happy - living consciously (know thyself), responsibly and lovingly.
The Three Life Goals
Values education, and social and emotional learning are based on learning the values and abilities that help us manage ourselves, manage our relationships, contributing positively to society and managing our natural environment well.
The Three Moral and Psychological Domains
The three moral and psychological domains that underpin the three life goals are: 1) reasoning, 2) emotion and 3) behaviour, labelled as Integrity, Heart and Character in the Twelve Pillars Framework. Integrity is the label used to represent the moral values and abilities associated with reasoning, heart for emotions and character for behaviours.
The Three Teaching and Learning Domains
The three teaching and learning domains are learning, wellbeing and service. A holistic education needs to foster: a) intellectual and creative abilities, b) emotional and social abilities that underpin wellbeing and connection with others and c) service learning - public service that supports the common good and the development of the individual. These are labelled as the Head, the Heart and the Hand.
The Three Global Citizen Mindsets and Practices
Global citizens need three elements and their associated practices; a) shared universal values, b) interdependence and c) mutual prosperity. Global citizen seek to find our common humanity and shared values. Global citizen also have a profound sense of our interdependence. An awareness of one’s view of the interconnectedness of self, the human community and the natural environment. Global citizen also recognises that our mutual prosperity - locally, national and internationally is vital for the common good.
"Bellavance synthesises the best research on moral psychology and education to provide a firm foundation for education that will prepare young people to be responsible, caring, and self-aware in their many engagements with the digital world."
Anne Colby, author of The Power of Ideals (with William Damon)
John Bellavance has written a text that will give teachers and parents insights into how these general capabilities can be developed in an integrated way, moving beyond limited "cyber-safety" programs to proactive moral reflection and action through the adoption of a Digital Moral Framework. The importance of being able to bring moral values to bear on these interactions cannot be underestimated. This book is imbued with deep empathy with, and understanding of, our emerging generations, drawing on decades of interactions with them in classrooms.
David de Carvalho, CEO of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
"Pursuit of human happiness or is it the goal of prosperity, the innate quest for a meaning in human civilizational ascent remains unabated! The perennial pursuit of higher consciousness is wonderfully addressed by Dr John Bellavance in his amazingly thought provoking book "The 12 Pillars of Meaning and Connection"
Professor Anoop Swarup, Founding Vice Chancellor Jagran Lakecity University and Chairman Center for Global Nonkilling, Hawaii