Philosophy and Objectives of Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao / Values Education/ GMRC
“An Unexamined life is not worth living” -Socrates
The measure restoring subjects on good manners and right conduct as well as values education was signed into law by President Duterte. Thus, named as Republic Act 11476 , an act that will help inculcate in the youth basic tenets such as “caring for oneself, giving concern for others, according proper respect to people, upholding discipline and order, and cultivating sincerity, honesty, obedience, and above all, love for country.”
Subjects on Good Manners and Right Conduct were scrapped in 2013 and replaced with subjects on Edukasyon sa Pagkakatao . Under the new law, GMRC will be integrated into daily activities in kindergarten, and taught as a separate subject from Grades 1 to 6. GMRC will be integrated into the Values Education subject from Grades 7 to 10. Values Education will be integrated into all subjects for Grades 11 and 12.
The relevance of Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao ( EsP ) as a subject heightened the urgent need to strengthen the moral fiber of society. For national moral recovery, the Department of Education, Culture and Sports introduced the DECS Values Education Program in 1998 emphasizing social reform through the inner transformation of the individual. That was in support of President Corazon Aquino’s 1988 Moral Recovery Program. The DECS Values Education Program had as its centerpiece the offering of Values Education as a subject in all Grade levels the same subject is offered in the K to 12 Curriculum with a new name Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao .
The Learning Area Standard
The teaching of EsP has cognitive, behavioral (psychomotor) and affective dimensions. It begins with the student’s understanding of the concept of responsibility to himself/herself, his/her family, fellowmen, country, world and God ( pag unawa sa mga konsepto sa kanyang pananagutan ) which lead to decision-making and responsible action ( nakakapagpasaya at nakakakilos ng mapanagutan ). Effective EsP touches the minds the hearts and the hands of the students not just their minds. Effective EsP makes the student realize that responsibility has a horizontal and vertical dimension. He/she has to reach out to his/her fellowmen.
The Guiding Principles in the Teaching of Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao
01 Values are both taught and caught The EsP teacher must teach the cognitive aspect of virtue intentionally and must live to
02 Values cannot be separated from understanding although values and attitudes relate to the affective dimension.
03 At young age, a child may not yet be capable of understanding his/her true personhood but can be taught to lead a virtuous life that early for him to develop good character. The book of Proverbs states, “Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22.6)
04 Values education is about developing virtues, good habits, and dispositions which had students to responsible and mature adulthood. Effective value education must promote the development of virtue. Virtues are developed through learning and through practice. As Aristotle taught, a person can improve his or her character by practicing self-discipline, while a good can be corrupted by repeated self-indulgence. The virtuous pe rson is the ethical person. Margaret Thatcher said: “Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become character. Watch your character for it be comes your destiny.”
05 Values Education is concerned with relationships, personhood is rooted in relationships. We develop our personhood in relationship with others. One’s development is inseparably related to others. No one attains his/her personhood without others.
06 An effective values education takes place in an atmosphere of respect, tolerance and genuine understanding. The EsP teacher shares and offers his/her value system with the students or students also share their value systems in class without imposing them on others.
Objective of Value Education
Value education aims to cultivate essential human values in students so they grow up to be responsible, compassionate and morally upright human beings. The objectives of value education are: 1. Developing moral reasoning: Value education helps develop the ability to judge right from wrong, understand ethical issues and make moral choices. Students learn to engage in moral reasoning and make decisions based on ethics and compassion. 2. Building character: By teaching important social and ethical values, value education builds character strengths like honesty, integrity, responsibility, empathy, perseverance etc.
3. Promoting social cohesion: Value education fosters tolerance, unity, cooperation and respect for diversity. This helps students become socially responsible citizens who contribute to harmony and peace. 4. Encouraging civic engagement: Value education instills the spirit of service and citizenship in students and motivates them to become engaged, active members of society who contribute to the common good.
5 . Nurturing well-rounded individuals: By addressing both hearts and minds, value education nurtures young people into mature, compassionate adults equipped with knowledge, social skills , emotional intelligence and moral awareness. 6 . Creating ethically grounded leaders: Value education helps shape ethically grounded leaders in various fields who act with integrity and compassion. It provides a moral foundation to future leaders.
Importance of Value Education
1. To mold compassionate human beings: By teaching human values, value education aims at developing compassionate individuals who care for others and for nature. It nurtures goodness. 2. To create ethical leaders: Value education grooms ethical, value-driven leaders in various fields like business, politics, technology who act out of integrity and justice rather than selfishness.
3. To build a humane society: By instilling values like empathy, equality, honesty in students from a young age, value education lays the foundation for a principled society based on ethics and humaneness. 4. To foster global citizens: Value education nurtures global citizens – socially aware individuals who look beyond narrow identities and work for welfare of all humanity.
5. To shape morally upright individuals: Value education strengthens morality and conscience and helps individuals conduct themselves ethically even in the face of adversity. 6. To enable meaningful lives: By developing the entire spectrum of human values, value education equips individuals to live meaningfully, purposefully and make a positive difference in the world.
Resources VALUES: Philosophy and Objectives of Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao / Values Education/ Good Manners and - Studocu Value Education: Meaning, Types, Importance & Needs | iShiksha