The Inner Curriculum: How to develop Wellbeing, Resilience & Self-leadership

'Neil Hawkes' Values-based Education (VbE) has been highly successful in helping schools in England and worldwide become more compassionate, character-building places. With this new book, he and his wife Jane are expanding their reach by offering a practical guide to the inner changes needed to support VbE. I believe this work has the power to transform education in the direction needed to address the massive problems our planet is facing by helping children become not only more self-aware, but also committed to positive change.' Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D, Developer of the Internal Family Systems model of psychotherapy, Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School

'This charismatic book shows how every teacher can contribute to a better world, where the desire to love outweighs the instinct to fear and dislike.' Lord Richard Layard

'This book contains the formula for changing the world. There is no doubt in my mind that values-based education is the key to creating a compassionate, peaceful future for humanity.' Richard Barrett, Director of the Academy for the Advancement of Human Values

'Neil and Jane Hawkes work in values-based education has influenced education all over the world. I can testify to the effects it had on Australian education during the time of the Australian Values Education Program (2003-2010), a federally-funded innovation in values-based learning and teaching. Their work on the Inner Curriculum continues their important work in demonstrating that the choices before us are not in the form of 'wellbeing versus results' but rather 'results through wellbeing'. Increasingly, neuroscience is providing insights that conform to the Hawkes thesis that the learning brain is most active and engaged when our emotions, thoughts and feelings are in alignment, and when values of empathy, altruism, generosity and justice are instilled and determining the nature of the learning environment.' Terry Lovat, Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle, Australia; Honorary Research Fellow, University of Oxford, UK

'Neil and Jane Hawkes have already transformed education with their Values-based Education approach to nurturing effective inter-personal relationships. This book introduces the world to a new generation of VbE, the Inner Curriculum. It is a whole new approach to education that empowers schools to address some of the challenges to our children's mental dispositions laid by modern society. This is a book that every teacher in the world should read, because it will help them transform their teaching from simple conveying of information into developing the capability of every one of their students to realise their full potential. Exciting stuff!' Nigel Cohen, Strategic Director of VbE and CEO of the Inclusivity Trust