Happiness and Education:

A research on Values based Education

Paola Cubas Barragán

1. The context2. Theoretical Framework3. Jugar y Vivir los Valores

4. Hypothesis5. Data base

Variables and Questionnaire

6. Methodology

7. Results

8. Conclusions

Chiapas

Theoretical Framework

• Basic Education• The school• Values• Values Apprehension

Theoretical Framework

• Values based Education

• Cultural analysis according to Geert Hofstede

• Mexican case

Hypothesis

Values based Education has a positive impact on children's well-being.

This impact may change according to the values

'scheme under which the child has been brought up.

Jugar y Vivir los Valores

- Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Living Values - Ministery of Education - Chiapas

- Reinforce the official program while focusing on those contents which are related to values.

- Teachers' handbooks and CD's

http://envia.xoc.uam.mx/jvv

Pedagogy

•Experiment•Question •Verify•Deliberate (Lonergan 2006)

Objectives

1.Jugar y Vivir los Valores ~ Values Apprehension

2.Values ~ Well-being

3.Different Impact

Survey

•Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas•6 schools•4th and 6th grade•471 questionnaires

Variables

•Age / Grade•Gender•Attendance JVLV schools•Self-esteem. Affective and phsycological

Variables

•Well-being–Subjective Well-being

•Relationship with parents

•Values Apprehension

Data Base - Questionnaire

1. Self-esteem (Garduño)How responsible do you consider yourself?Very responsible Responsible Little

Responsible Not so responsible

2. Subjective Well-being- Cummins 2005

3. ValuesChildren reactions to

daily circumstances

Descriptive statistics

SV PWI Self-e Values

JVLV 83.6 79.4 27.8 5.0

Trad 82.4 76.8 28.0 4.8

Descriptive statistics

SV PWI Self-e Values

JVLV girls 83.7 79.9 27.4 5.2

boys 83.4 78.9 28.2 4.9

Trad girls 83.4 74.4 27.2 5.0

boys 81.0 78.5 28.9 4.6

JVLV VALUES

Methodology 3SLS

0 1 2 3Val jvlv fem se

1 0 1 0

Hypothesis 1: JVLV impacts positively childrens values apprehension

Ho:

Hi:

VALUES Well-being

3 0 3 0

4 0 4 0

0 1 2 3 4 5Bien fr mr val fem val gr

Hypothesis 2: Values based education has a positive impact on childrens well-being

Ho:

Ho:

Hi:

Hi:

Hypothesis 3: This impact varies according to the values scheme under which the child has been brought up

Results for PWI

PWI Mod1 Mod1 Mod3 Mod4

Father R. 0.09** 0.09** 0.09**

Mother R. 0.19** 0.16** 0.16**

Values 1.97** 5.44** 5.32**

Fem – Val -0.14 -0.51* -0.49*

Grade 1.99 0.64 0.86

Values

JVLV 0.25** 0.31** 0.33**

Age 0.10 0.06

Female 0.40** 0.37** 0.36**

Self-esteem 0.01** 0.01** 0.01**

Const 2.70** 42.9** 3.21** 3.82**

Obs 468 457 455 456

* sig 5% ** sig 1%

PWI Results

JVLV VALUES P W I

This impact varies according to the values scheme under which the child has been

brought up

Results Life Satisfaction

SV Values

Father R. 0.14**

Mother R. 0.12**

Values 3.01**

Fem – Val -0.09

Grade -7.2**

JVLV 0.35**

Female 0.37**

Self-esteem 0.01**

Const. 50.8** 3.80**

Obs. 456 456

* sig 5% **sig 1%

Results Life Satisfaction

JVLV VALUES P W I

Conclusions

• JVLV has a positive impact on values apprehension

•Values based education has a positive impact on childrens well-being.

•There is a different impact according to the well-being

measure

Final considerations

• It would be valuable to have a

longitudinal study

• There was not enought

information from parents

• Interdisciplinary work

Happiness and Education:

A research on Values based Education

Paola Cubas Barragán

paola.cubas@sant.ox.ac.uk