Day One – Saturday 5 November, 2022
Nurturing the Heart and Practising the Art of Teaching
When teachers cultivate their minds such that their hearts are nurtured into ever-more openness, they see the children in their care for who they truly are. This gift to the young brings alive their natural yearning to understand and learn. So to, the teachers themselves are guided by their own joyful, compassionate hearts into practicing the art of their teaching at the highest levels. When head, heart and hand are in alignment, magic happens between teachers and students.
Like the three legs of a stool, when we combine knowledge and practice with a heartfulness toward education, our children have something truly firm to stand on. Day One brings our focus toward the heart in the art of teaching. Speakers from the fields of education, psychology and politics will share their unique insights into “why” and “how” to bring the Heart into a more prominent role in education.
8:30am
Summit Registration
9:00am
Welcome and Introduction
Sunil Naidu
9:05am
Welcome to Country
9:15am
Lighting the Flame to launch the Summit
Dr Ron and Suwanti Farmer
9:20am
Opening Address
Senator Deborah O’Neill
09:40am
Presentation Topic: The incoming tide of Values-based Education
Speaker: Emeritus Prof. Terence Lovat
10:15am
Moment for Reflection
10:20am
Presentation Topic: A tribute to the heart in teaching
Speaker: Emeritus Prof. Ron Toomey
10:55am
Morning Tea Break
11:30am
Short Activity
Sunil Naidu
11:35am
Presentation Topic: Values-based Education: The beating heart in education
Speaker: Dr Neil Hawkes
12:05pm
Moment for Reflection
12:10pm
Character transcends everything
Speaker: Dr Brendan Nelson AO,
12:30pm
Lunch Break
13:30pm
Presentation Topic: To what extent is Values-based Education a spiritual journey?
Speaker: Bhuvana Santhanam
14:00pm
Moment for Reflection
14:05pm
Presentation Topic: Cultivating the globally sustainable self with Values-based Education
Speaker: Prof. Craig Shealy
14:35pm
Short Mindfulness Practice
14:45pm
Presentation Topic: The impact of humanistic teaching on children’s development
Speaker: Brendan Murray
15:05pm
Moment for Reflection
15:10pm
Presentation Topic: Human Values Education is finding the place in the heart
Speaker: Leelah Broughton
15:25pm
Moment for Reflection
15:30pm
Presentation Topic: Values-based Education gives value to human life
Speaker: Dr. Bimal Naidu
15:50pm
Afternoon Tea Break
16:10pm
Short Activity
Sunil Naidu
16:15pm
Forum:
How Values-based Education brings change, both individually and globally
Facilitator: Dr Neil Hawkes
16:50pm
Summary and Conclusion
Bronwyn Gowing
Mike Meade