The best way to teach values is to provide a culture embodying the values to be learned, in which students become habituated into ways of life that develop characters possessive of such values. Values education is, therefore, best approached by embedding values within a school’s culture. This is not a cognitive exercise; rather, character traits are developed which reflect values. What, then, is the role for a cognitive approach towards values education – e.g., where values are part of a curriculum? This article argues that even if we accept the points above, a cognitive pedagogical approach plays an important role in values education. An important component of values education is providing students with the best tools and methods for reaching independent critical judgements about their beliefs. Logic and critical thinking offer the best skillset for independently critically assessing which beliefs are rationally defensible. This skillset can be used effectively in values educat
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