Values

Exploring Your Values

This section contains a library of Values.

Summary

The library below offers artists a variety of different perspectives on a range of values against which to evaluate and judge their work.

Exploring Values in your Art

The values set out in this library can be used to inspire your art. Or they can be used to examine aspects within a work of art that may influence the way those values are portrayed. They should be used when describing the work to others, or perhaps in its title. The greatest challenge of morality is balancing the competing demands of the range of values that are relevant to the context.

How does your audience need to prioritise competing values within the specific world of your artwork? Where is the harmony within your work, where is the conflict, what are the moral dilemmas, what are your core messages?

The Values Library

The library provides links to ideas or articles to reflect on a number of values. There are many other values. Since most values can be seen through the lens of other values, this library also offers scope for reflection on the additional positive human values not listed below.

Acceptance

• Acceptance…an anonymous (but powerful) blog

• Acceptance by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• Acceptance by Ms Codner @MsCodner

• Acceptance by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

Authenticity

• Authenticity by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Authenticity by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• Authenticity by Andrew Rough @teacher_mr_r

• Authenticity by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Authenticity: what we can learn from fast fashion? by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• Authenticity by Kate Smith @MrsKatieSmith

• Authenticity by Toria @Toriaclaire

Community

• Community by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• Community by Kat Howard @saysmiss

• Community by Elle @SteElleCity89

• Community by Yamina Bibi @msybibi

• Community by Mark Chatley @MrMChatley

• Community by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Community by Amy Root @novahypno

Compassion

• Value of the Week: Caring by Neil Hawkes

• Compassion by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• On Compassion by Yamina Bibi @msybibi

• Compassion by Miss M Mohsin @MissMohsin86

• Compassion by Andrew Rough @teacher_mr_r

• Compassionate Exchange by Claire Dutton @Claire_D_teach

• Compassion by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• Compassion by Ben @bbcTeaching

• Compassion by Georgia France @GFrance13

• Compassion by Caitlin Bracken @LittleMissB_NQT

Cooperation

• Value of the Week: Cooperation by Neil Hawkes

Courage

• Courage and Covid-19 by Pran Patel @MrPranPatel

• Unprecedented Event by Lisa Hannay @lhannay1

• The Courage to Say ‘No‘ by Lisa Taylor @lisaceritaylor

• Courage is a State of Mind by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Raspberrries in February by David Gumbrell @Auribins

• Courage by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Courage …fire of the heart by by Sphoenix @sphoenix78

• Courage by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr33

• Courageby Malcolm Wilson @MalcolmWilson01

Creativity

• Creativity by Toby Payne-Cook @CREducATE

• Creativity by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

• Creativity by Toria @Toriaclaire

• Creativity by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• The Mighty Box by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Creativity by Amy Root @novahypno

• Creativity by Elle @SteElleCity89

• Creativity by Mark Chatley @MrMChatley

• Creativity by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

Curiosity

• Curiosity by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• Curiosity by Tom Millinchip @MrMillinchip

• Curiosity by Andrew Rough @teacher_mr_r

• A little closer, a little nearer, a little more recent by David Gumbrell @Auribins

• Curiosity by Toria @Toriaclaire

• Curiosity by Claire Harley @clairevharley

• Curiosity by Toby Payne-Cook @CREducATE

• Curiosity by Caitlin Bracken @LittleMissB_NQT

• Curiosity by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Curiosity by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Curiosity – a double-edged sword by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• Curiosity by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

Determination

• Determination by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Determination by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• Determination by Miss Tough @tough_miss

• Determination by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

Empathy

• Empathy by Kiran S @KiranSunray

• Empathy…is it good for my health? by Sphoenix @sphoenix78

• From Inside The School Gate #3 – Empathy by Julie Rees @julieress100

• Happy Birthday to Mr Venn by David Gumbrell @Auribins

• Empathy by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Empathy by Malcolm Wilson @MalcolmWilson01

• Empathy by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

Flexibility

• Flexible is as flexible does by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Flexibility by Amy Root @novahypno

• Flexibility by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Flexibility by Elle @SteElleCity89

• Flexibility by Kat Howard @saysmiss

• Flexibility by Claire Harley @clairevharley

• Flexibility by Mick @mra2020hf

• Flexibility by Mrs P @MRSP_notanumber

• Flexibility by Toria @Toriaclaire

• Flexibility by Louise Lewis @MissLLewis

• Flexibility and productivity by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• Flexibility by Yamina Bibi @msybibi

• Flexibility by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Is Flexibility Important? by Cath Bufton-Green @CEBGConsulting

• Flexibility by Helena Marsh@HelenaMarsh81

Forgiveness

• Forgiveness – it’s a cure by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Forgiveness by Heather Hale @MissHHale

• Why I Love…Forgiveness by Susan Strachan @SusanSEnglish

• Forgiveness by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• A Song By A Queen by David Gumbrell @Auribins

• Forgiveness by Kay Sidebottom @KaySocLearn

• To Forgive or Forget by Andrew Hatchard @AndrewHatchard

• Forgiveness by Kat Howard @saysmiss

• Forgiveness – Breaking The Cycle of Hurt by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• Forgiveness by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

Friendship

• Friendship by Kiran S @KSunray3

• Friendship – What’s the point, it only ends in …. by Andrew Hatchard @AndrewHatchard

• Friendship by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Friendship by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

• Friendship by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Friendship – My Circle of Friends by Sphoenix @sphoenix78

• From Inside the School Gate #4 – Friendship by Julie Rees @julierees100

• London 0 Hull 4 by David Gumbrell @Auribins

• Strangers to Friends to Housemates: an unexpected friendship journey via Twitter by Elizabeth Wright @esioul

• Friendship by KiranS @KSunray3

• Friendship by Elle @SteElleCity89

Gratitude

• Value of the Week: Gratitude by Neil Hawkes

• Gratitude by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Moments of Gratitude by Lisa Taylor @lisaceritaylor

• ‘Roll Up, Roll Up — get your gratitude here!’ by David Gumbrell @Auribins

• This Much I’m Grateful For by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Gratitude by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• From Inside the School Gate #5 – Gratitude by Julie Rees @juliereses100

• #MywordforToday is #Gratitude by Adunni Omo Erin Jogunola @tysalihu

• Gratitude by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

• Gratitude by Debra Rutley @DRutleyAspire

Happiness

• Thought for the Week: Happiness by Neil Hawkes

• Happiness by Miss Tough @tough_miss

• Happiness by Freya @fod3

• Happiness by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• Happiness in little bits by Claire Dutton @Claire_D_teach

• Happiness by Toria @Toriaclaire

• Woke Up Happy by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Happiness by Andrew Rough @teacher_mr_r

• Happiness by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

Harmony

• Harmony by Ms Codner @MsCodner

• Harmony by Tom Millinchip @MrMillinchip

• Harmony by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Harmony by Miss Tough @tough_miss

• Harmony by Caitlin Bracken @LittleMissB_NQT

• Harmony by Kate Smith @MrsKatieSmith

• Harmony by Bukky Yusuf @rondelle10_b

Honesty

• Value of the Week: Honesty by Neil Hawkes

• Honesty by Malcolm Wilson @MalcolmWilson01

• Honesty by Naomi Ward @Purposeful_Ed

• Assorted Apples by David Gumbrell @Auribins

• Honestly? by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Honestly, Honesty or being Honest with Yourself by Pran Patel @MrPranPatel

• The 2’Fer by Lisa Hannay @lhannay1

• Honesty by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Honesty by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr33

Hope

• Value of the Week: Hope by Neil Hawkes

• Hope by Toby Payne-Cook @CREducATE

• Hope by Tom Millinchip @MrMillinchip

• Hope by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Hope by Andrew Rough @teacher_mr_r

• Hope by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Hope by Caitlin Bracken @LittleMissB_NQT

• Hope by Kat Howard @saysmiss

• Hope by Susan Strachan @SusanSEnglish

• Hope – permission and acceptance by Claire Dutton @Claire_D_teach

• Hope, Faith and Charity by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Hope by Toria @Toriaclaire

• Hope by Adrienne Tough @tough_miss

• Hope by Ms Codner @MsCodner

Humility

• The Emerald Green of Ego by David Gumbrell @Auribins

• The Professionalism of my Colleagues During Covid19 (Humility) by Susan Strachan @SusanSEnglish

• Humility by Andrew Rough @teacher_mr_r

• Humility – how do you see yours? by Claire Dutton @Claire_D_teach

• Humility by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Humility by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

Inclusion

• Inclusion by Miss Tough @tough_miss

• The Economics of #Inclusion by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• Inclusion by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Tips on Inclusion in Schools by Clare Edmondson @change_Beh

• Inclusion by Elle @SteElleCity89

• Inclusion by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

Integrity

• Integrity by Mark Chatley @MrMChatley

• Wealth and Integrity by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• Integrity by Lucy Flower @MrsLFlower

• Integrity byCaitlin Bracken @LittleMissB_NQT

• Integrity by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Integrity by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• Integrity by Andrew Rough @teacher_mr_r

• Polonius in the Staffroom: An accidental love letter by Liam Ambrose @ambrose_l

Joy

• Thought for the Week: Joy by Neil Hawkes

• Joy by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• For joy, we need misery by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• Royalty and Me by David Gumbrell @Auribins

• Towards an ethics of joy by Kay Sidebottom @KaySocLearn

• Joy is in the giving by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Joy by Helen Keenan @hbkeenan

• Twinkle lights are the perfect metaphor for joy by Debra Rutley @DRutleyAspire

• Joy by KiranS @KSunray3

• Joyful and Triumphant by Andrew Hatchard @AndrewHatchard

• Joy by Liz Cartledge @CartledgeLiz

• What brings you joy? by Mark Chatley @MrMChatley

• The kind of joy that matters by Cath Murray @CathMurray_

• Joy by Kat Howard @saysmiss

• Finding Joy in the Midst of a Pandemic by Tokunbo Koiki @toksyk27

• Joy by Amy Jeetley @amyjeetley

• Joy by Naomi Ward @Purposeful_Ed

• Finding Joy Where You Can by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Joy – Anon

Kindness

• The Problem with Kindness by Penny Rabiger @Penny_Ten

• Kindness by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Be Kind by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Kindness by Naomi Ward @Purposeful_Ed

• Kindness and Self Care by Bukky Yusuf @rondelle10_b

• Toxic Kindness? by Pran Patel @MrPranPatel

• Kindness by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr33

• Kindness by Kiran S @KiranSunray

• The Tree by Malcolm Wilson @MalcolmWilson01

• Kindness…Spread that S*** everywhere by Lisa Hannay @lhannay1

• Kindness by Sphoenix @sphoenix78

• The Place Where Little Things Go by Andrew Hatchard @AndrewHatchard

• Kindness by Allen Tsui @ Allen Tsui @TsuiAllen

Love

• Value of the Week: Love by Neil Hawkes

• Lessons in Love by Claire Dutton @Claire_D_teach

• All you need is love by Mark Chatley @MrMChatley

• Love by Andrew Rough @teacher_mr_r

• Loveby Toria @Toriaclaire

• Love by Kat Howard @saysmiss

• Love by Elle @SteElleCity89

• Love by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Love by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Love by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• What’s Love got to do with Education? by Clare Edmondson @change_Beh

• Love by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

Optimism

• Glass half full by Mark Chatley @MrMChatley

• Optimism by KiranS @KSunray3

• The Spider in the Bathroom by Toby Payne-Cook @CREducATE

• Optimism by Krisha Hendra @kjhendra

• Optimism by Yamina Bibi @msybibi

• Optimism by Toria @Toriaclaire

• Optimism – destinations without maps by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• Optimism needs balance by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Optimism by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Reading the Runes by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Optimism by Elle @SteElleCity89

• The Bright Side by Susan Strachan @SusanSEnglish

• Optimism by Allen Tsui @TsuiAllen

• Optimism by Debra Rutley @DRutleyAspire

• Optimism by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

• Love by Andrew Hatchard @AndrewHatchard

Patience

• Patience by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Patience by Mark Chatley @MrMChatley

• Have a Little Patience by Jenny Holder @JennyHolderLiv

• Turf Wars byDavid Gumbrell @Auribins

• Patience by Adrienne Tough @tough_miss

• Patience (In School Leadership) by Aidan Severs @thatboycanteach

• Patience by Lucy Flower @MrsLFlower

• Patience by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

Peace

• Value of the Week: Peace by Neil Hawkes

• Peace by Georgia France @GFrance13

• Peace Through Learning by Claire Dutton @Claire_D_teach

• Peace by Adrienne Tough @tough_miss

• Peace by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• Iron Maiden and Me by David Gumbrell @Auribins

• Peace Like A River by Toria @Toriaclaire

• Peace by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• What is Peace? by Reah Banton @Reah_banton

• Peace by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Peace by Sue Webb @Lot_Ed

• Peace by Jennifer McDougall @mmemcfrancais

• Peace by Miss M Mohsin @MissMohsin86

Perseverance

• Value of the Week: Perserverance by Neil Hawkes

• Perseverance by Claire Lowe @ExecPrincipal

• Perseverance by Clare Edmondson @change_Beh

• Perseverance by Caroline Keep @Ka81

• Perseverance by Elle @SteElleCity89

• Perseverance by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Perseverance by Toria @Toriaclaire

• Is giving up ever a good thing? by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• Building your Perseverance Muscle by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• Perseverance by Kat Howard @saysmiss

• Perseverance by Tom Millinchip @MrMillinchip

• Perseverance – just another story by Claire Dutton @Claire_D_teach

• Perseverance by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Perseverance by Liz Cartledge @Liz Cartledge

Pride

• Pride by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• Pride by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Proud being me by Reah Banton @Reah_banton

• Pride by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Pride by Jennifer McDougall @mmemcfrancais

• The miseducation of Pride by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• Pride by Georgia France @GFrance13

• Pride by Malcolm Wilson @MalcolmWilson01

• Pride by Claire Dutton @Claire_D_teach

• Pride by Adrienne Tough @tough_miss

Purpose

• Purpose by Tom Millinchip @MrMillinchip

• Purpose by Elle @SteElleCity89

• Purpose by Toby Payne-Cook @CREducATE

• What’s the purpose of Education? by Louise Baldwin @louise_baldwin

• How do you define your purpose? by Secret Headteacher @secretHT1

• The 3 Ps by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Purpose by Toria @Toriaclaire

• Purpose by Naomi Ward @Purposeful_Ed

• Purpose by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Purpose by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• Purpose by Kat Howard @saysmiss

• Purpose by Yamina Bibi @msybibi

• Purpose by Caitlin Bracken @LittleMissB_NQT

• Reflect On Your Ikagai by Elle @SteElleCity89

• Teaching as my purpose by Susan Strachan @SusanSEnglish

• Purpose by Carmelrose @lemracrose

• Purpose by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

Resilience

• Thought for the Week: Resilience by Neil Hawkes

• Pushing Through by Lisa Hannay @lhannay1

• Resilience by Bukky Yusuf @rondelle10_b

• Resilience by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• From Inside The School Gate #2 – Resilience by Julie Rees @julieress100

• Golly bob-howdy! by David Gumbrell @Auribins

• Resilience by Malcolm Wilson @MalcolmWilson01

• Resistant Materials Make a Difference by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Resilience…the bounce back ability! by Sphoenix @sphoenix78

• Resilience by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

• Nurturing our Resilience – Be More like a Tree by Naomi Ward @Purposeful_Ed

Respect

• Thought for the Week: Respect by Neil Hawkes

• Respect by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• On Respect by Yamina Bibi @msybibi

• Respect by Andrew Rough @teacher_mr_r

• Respect by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• Respect by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Respect by Caitlin Bracken @LittleMissB_NQT

• Respect by Mark Chatley @MrMChatley

• Respect by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

Responsibility

• Thought for the Week: Responsibility by Neil Hawkes

• Responsibility by Kat Howard @saysmiss

• Responsibility by Andrew Rough @teacher_mr_r

• Responsibility by Bibire Omotoyosi Salihu @tysalihu

• Responsibility by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

Self-Care

• Self-Care for pathelogicial altruists by Cath Murray @CathMurray_

• Steadiness on Unsteady Ground by Kat Howard @saysmiss

• Why I Love…Self-Care by Susan Strachan @SusanSEnglish

• Self-Care by Molly (Mimmerr) @mimmerr

• Self-Care by Emily Weston @primaryteachew

• Self-Care – The Body by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Self-Care by Bukky Yusuf @@rondelle10_b

• Self-Care by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Dawn of a New Day by David Gumbrell @Auribins

• Self-Care by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

• Self care…self worth…self esteem by Amy Jeetley @amyjeetley

Thoughtfulness

• Value of the Week: Thoughtfulness by Neil Hawkes

Trust

• Value of the Week: Trust by Neil Hawkes

• The Trusty Hedgehog by Fee Stagg @dogpaws23

• Trust by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Building Trust as a Leader by secretheadteacher @secretHT1

• Trust by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Trust by Elle @SteElleCity89

• Trust by Tom Millinchip @MrMillinchip

• Is mistrust ever a good thing? by Molly Mimmerr @mimmerr

• It’s all about Trust by Mark Chatley @MrMChatley

• Trust by Kat Howard @saysmiss

• Trust by Eloise Colbourne @EloiseColbourne

• Trust by Caitlin Bracken @LittleMissB_NQT

• Trust by Toria @Toriaclaire

• Trust by Liz Groucutt @lizzygr3

Unity

• Value of the Week: Unity by Neil Hawkes

• Unity by Nicola Owen @sphoenix78

• Unity by Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader

• Achieving Unity Through Harmony and the Recognition of Individuality by Aidan Severs @thatboycanteach

• Unity by Ben @bbcTeaching

• Unity Has Many Voices by Liam Ambrose @ambrose_l