Podgorica, Montenegro, 27 October, 2015 - Presentation from the international conference "Quality, inclusion and innovations – foundations for the future" organized by UNICEF and the Ministry of Education.

1. My Values and Virtues Initiative
Bureau for Education
Unicef Montenegro
2015

2. The turtle and the rabbit
The rabbit mocked the turtle
for being so inert and slow. The
turtle got fed up with that and
challenged the rabbit to a race.
..................
And he admitted he had been
outrun by the slowest creature
on earth!

3. “He/she is able but not willing to apply
him/herself...“, “He/she is smart, but
that’s of little use !“
Tolerance
Empathy
Will
Self-
control

4. The framework for the Initiative
• Global trend: focus on education, disregarding the
character education objectives.
• Initial training of teachers
• Strong link between personality features, social and
emotional skills and achivement in education, life and
career

5. Quality of education
- Healthy individual
- Better and sustainable
achivements
- Quality of life and work
- Contribution to the society
Virtues Values Skills

6. Developing students’ VVS

7. Ongoing targeted fostering of important values
and virtues and character development with the
aim to prepare students for successfully
addressing the challenges encountered in their
further schooling, private lives, careers and
society.
The aim of the Initiative

8. Developing students’ VVS at school
Implicit approach
• General education goals
• Program objectives
• School ethos, mission and
vision
• Environment, interaction,
classroom atmosphere
Explicit approach
• Room for VVS development in
specific subjects
• Identification of the areas
enabling VVS development in all
subjects
• Teaching methods that encourage
VVS
• Student role in teaching/learning
• Special activities - workshops
• Cooperation (parents, community)
• School integrity development

9. Values, virtues and skills
Empathy
Creativity
Optimism
Coopera
tion
Patience
Honesty
Tolerance
Gratitude

10. Programs and activities
Teaching
methods
Interaction
s
Materials

11. Target groups
IV- and V-grade students Classes
O.Š. „B. Božović“ , Podgorica
O.Š. „B.J.Orlandić“, Bar
O.Š. „Njegoš“, Spuž
O.Š. „S. Pejanović“, Podgorica
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Other students
Parents
Local community

12. Work Plan (2015)
Teams
Research, report
Material for teachers
Training I
Meeting with school principals
Training II
Research
Program implementation
Research
Evaluation
2016

13. Teams
Project team
Radmila BAJKOVIĆ, “B.J. Orlandić“, Bar
Ana ĆALOV, “B. Božović“, Pogorica
Jadranka GAVRANOVIĆ, “ S. Pejanović“, Podgorica
Tatjana JOKIĆ “ Njegoš“, Spuž
Slavica VUJOVIĆ, Bar High School
Ranka BOŽOVIĆ, “ D. Čokorilo“, Nikšić
Anđa BACKOVIĆ, Bureau for Education
Researchers
Ana PEŠIKAN, Faculty of Philosophy, Psychology Dept, Belgrade
Zoran LALOVIĆ, Bureau for Education
Consultants
Božena JELUŠIĆ, “ D. Kiš“ High School, Budva
Tamara MILIĆ, Ministry of Education
Radoje CEROVIĆ, Communications Expert
Srđan VUKČEVIĆ, Bluecoach, Podgorica
Unicef
Ana ZEC
Maja KOVAČEVIĆ
Marija MANOJLOVIĆ

14. II Seminar, September 2015