1. Happiness and Education: A research on Values based Education Paola Cubas Barragán

2. 1. The context 2. Theoretical Framework 3. Jugar y Vivir los Valores 4. Hypothesis 5. Data base Variables and Questionnaire 6. Methodology 7. Results 8. Conclusions

3. Chiapas

4. Theoretical Framework Basic Education The school Values Values Apprehension

5. Theoretical Framework Values based Education Cultural analysis according to Geert Hofstede Mexican case

6. 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.

7. 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

10. Pedagogy Experiment Question Verify Deliberate (Lonergan 2006)

13. Objectives 1.Jugar y Vivir los Valores ~ Values Apprehension 2.Values ~ Well-being 3.Different Impact

14. Survey Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas 6 schools 4 th and 6 th grade 471 questionnaires

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

16. Variables Well-being –Subjective Well-being Relationship with parents Values Apprehension

17. Data Base - Questionnaire 1.Self-esteem (Garduño) How responsible do you consider yourself? Very responsible Responsible Little ResponsibleNot so responsible 2.Subjective Well-being - Cummins 2005 3. Values Children reactions to daily circumstances

18. Descriptive statistics SVPWISelf-eValues JVLV83.679.427.85.0 Trad82.476.828.04.8

19. Descriptive statistics SVPWISelf-eValues JVLVgirls83.779.927.45.2 boys83.478.928.24.9 Tradgirls83.474.427.25.0 boys81.078.528.94.6

20. JVLV VALUES

21. Methodology 3SLS Hypothesis 1: JVLV impacts positively childrens values apprehension Ho : Hi:

22. VALUES Well-being

23. Hypothesis 2: Values based education has a positive impact on childrens well-being Ho: Hi: Hypothesis 3: This impact varies according to the values scheme under which the child has been brought up

24. Results for PWI PWIMod1 Mod3Mod4 Father R.0.09** Mother R.0.19**0.16** Values1.97**5.44**5.32** Fem – Val-0.14-0.51*-0.49* Grade1.990.640.86 Values JVLV0.25**0.31**0.33** Age0.100.06 Female0.40**0.37**0.36** Self-esteem0.01** Const2.70**42.9**3.21**3.82** Obs468457455456 * sig 5% ** sig 1%

25. PWI Results JVLV VALUES P W I This impact varies according to the values scheme under which the child has been brought up

26. Results Life Satisfaction SVValues Father R.0.14** Mother R.0.12** Values3.01** Fem – Val-0.09 Grade-7.2** JVLV0.35** Female0.37** Self-esteem 0.01** Const.50.8**3.80** Obs.456 * sig 5% **sig 1%

27. Results Life Satisfaction JVLV VALUES P W I

28. 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

29. Final considerations It would be valuable to have a longitudinal study There was not enought information from parents Interdisciplinary work

31. Happiness and Education: A research on Values based Education Paola Cubas Barragán paola.cubas@sant.ox.ac.uk