Ron Toomey, a former Secondary School teacher, is an Emeritus Professor at Victoria University in Australia. He managed the research program for the Australian Government's Values Education Program.

Terence Lovat, a former Secondary School teacher, is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Newcastle in Australia, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, where he is attached to the UNESCO Chair in Values Education. From 2003-2010, he was Principal Investigator for the Australian Government's Values Education Program.

Introduction.- Reasons for Rethinking the Purpose of Education.- The Beginnings of a Rethink about Learning.- Values based Education.- Learning Perspectives from the Learning Sciences and Educational Neuroscience.- A Practical Example.- Rethinking Curriculum.- Values Based Instructional Scaffolds.- Case Study Number 1 The Ritual of Acknowledgements as a Values Based Instructional Scaffold at the Embodiment of Love Academy Enugu Nigeria by Michael Ezenwa Ngozi Agu and Patrick Alor.- Case Study Number 2 Unconditional Positive Regard as a Values Based Instructional Scaffold at Toogoolawa School by Ron Toomey and Ron Farmer.- Case Study Number 3 Socratic Circles as a Values based Instructional Scaffold by Catherine Devine.- Case Study Number 4 Student Action Teams as a Values based Instructional Scaffold by Roger Holdsworth.- Case Study Number 5 Courageous Advocacy as a Values based Instructional Scaffold by Neil Hawkes and Cory Bateman.- Case Study Number 6 Service Learning at Horace Mann School as a Values based Instructional Scaffold by Jeremy Leeds.- Case Study Number 7 Values Education Quality Teaching and Service Learning A Troika as a Values based Instructional Scaffold by Ron Toomey.- Case Study Number 8 Student Voice Deep Learning and Student Agency as a Values based Instructional Scaffold by Sophie Cartelli.- Conclusion What are the Case Studies Saying about Values Based Instructional Scaffolding.