Value Education in the UK: Its Characteristics and Implications

Abstract

As an established capitalist country, and the birthplace of Anglo culture, the United Kingdom has a profound impact on many countries of world in their politics, economy, culture and other aspects. As a multi-ethnic country, the national identity among citizens is at the heart of the UK’s commitment to value education. In order to promote the common values and cultivate the citizenship among the British, the United Kingdom put forward the “core values†at the beginning of the 21st century. This paper is intended to examine the prominent characteristics of the implementation of value education in the UK, and explore both its references to and implications for the value education in China.