In the new social studies curriculum in New Zealand, values exploration is one of the three prescribed ways to approach social studies teaching and learning. This paper provides background discussion of approaches to values education and sets the renewed interest in New Zealand into the historical, social and political context before outlining the particular approach selected by the New Zealand curriculum writers.
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