1. “Discovering What Matters”: Designing a values-centred toolkit for Education for Sustainable and Responsible Living (EfSRL) in secondary schools Gemma Burford, Elona Hoover, Arthur Dahl and Marie K. Harder

2. The ESDinds project Participatory (action) research with 4 non-profits and 2 research groups; funded by EU FP7 Developing values-based indicators and assessment tools with civil society organisations promoting Education for Sustainable Development (in ‘non-formal’ contexts) Youth feel they have the power to effect change! Students express their own opinions! Women and girls participate actively in decision-making! e.g. Burford et al., 2013

3. Bringing values-based indicators into schools Question: Which values underpin ESD/ EfSRL? How are they enacted (‘lived out’) in schools? Methods: – Analysis of interview and survey data from educators and education experts – Analysis of conference notes and a book – Workshop to integrate new & existing indicators – Testing in schools – UK and Finland

4. Designing a toolkit of activities for students Some activities inspired by Kim Sabo Flores ‘Youth Participatory Evaluation’ – Word elicitation: ‘The First Thing You Think Of…’ – Collective story of the future we want: ‘Yes, And…’ Others from the original ESDinds toolkit: – Choosing, grouping & prioritising indicators – ‘Spatial survey’ and role-play

5. Lessons from the toolkit testing Indicator wording often needed to be changed: some were difficult to understand, others came across as patronising or ridiculous Need for a warm-up activity to help the students to feel comfortable with silence Refer to ‘skill statements’ rather than ‘indicators’ Several new skill statements were created SRL skills are all interconnected