“…There is now a vast store of evidence from research around moral education that the establishment of such ambiences of learning, together with explicit discourse about moral and values-oriented content in ways that draw on students' deeper learning and reflectivity, has power to transform their patterns of feelings, behaviour, resilience and academic diligence (cf. Hoffmann, 2000;Benninga et al, 2006;Lovat, 2010Lovat, , 2011Lovat, , 2013Lovat & Toomey, 2009;Lovat et al, 2009Lovat et al, , 2010aLovat et al, , 2010bLovat et al, , 2010cLovat et al, , 2011aLovat et al, , 2011bBerkowitz, 2011;Nucci & Narvaez, 2008). The principal research drawn on here as supporting evidence is taken from a range of the core projects that ran under the umbrella of the Australian Values Education Program.…”