Gaining Values Education through Musical Plays

Gaining Musical Insights: Visualizing Multiple Listening Histories

Listening histories are rich sources of implicit information. Combining listening histories of multiple users allows comparisons in musical taste and discovery of new music, though few existing work specifically addresses this issue. In this paper we present two interactive visualizations which give users a deeper insight into consent and dissent in their listening behaviors, and help them to c...

Values education through thinking, feeling and doing

More and more sense a need for the purpose of education to be more than just knowledge acquisition. Values and morality are an integral part of our lives and should for this reason be carefully integrated into educational contexts. For values to become ‘owned’ by students, however, opportunities must be provided for them to actively and critically construct our so-called shared values. Imaginat...

Gaining Compliance through Non-Verbal Communication

Enhancing Quality Education for Transformation of Character and Values through Social Studies Education

The Nigerian educational system is based on the objectives that the system should be able to build a free, just and egalitarian society and a united, strong and self reliant nation among others. Achievement of these objectives depends largely on the quality of education given to the citizens. To develop capacity to learn, acquire knowledge and skills that are essential for transformation of ind...

Values in Holistic Education

The holistic education movement does not have a single source, a predominant proponent, or a major form of expression. Consequently, it is difficult to define holistic education. However, there are a number of values and perceptions that most schools claiming to be holistic would embrace, and today I would like to mention some of these values and look especially at what gave rise to their popul...