Understanding Value Education (Human Values&Ethics).ppt

Understanding Value Education

Value education refers to the process of teaching individuals the principles, ethics, and values that help them lead a meaningful life. It encompasses both intrinsic and instrumental values and plays a critical role in shaping human behavior, choices, and interactions in day-to-day life.

This deck presentation discusses the following pertinent topics-

1. Value Education and its Types

2. Role of Value Education
o Example: Teaching the value of empathy can help reduce bullying in schools as students learn to understand and respect each other's feelings.

3. Need for Value Education
o Example: A person with strong ethical training is likely to make fair decisions at work, resisting unethical temptations such as bribery.

4. Basic Guidelines for Value Education
o Example: Teaching a student to reflect on why honesty is essential rather than merely telling them to be honest encourages deeper understanding and personal growth.

5. Process of Value Education
o Example: A student learning about environmental conservation might participate in tree-planting drives or reduce plastic use, reinforcing the value of sustainability.

6. Human Values
o Example: In a workplace, human values like respect and fairness contribute to a positive and productive environment.

7. Process of Self-Exploration
o Example: A student regularly reflecting on their academic journey might identify areas where they can improve, not only academically but also in balancing their personal well-being.
8. Human Values vs. Moral Values

o Example: In some cultures, modesty in dress is a moral value, while in others, it may not hold the same importance.

Both human and moral values guide behavior, but human values focus on the fundamental qualities that promote universal well-being, whereas moral values can be more context-bound and subject to interpretation.

Conclusion

Value education is essential for the holistic development of individuals and society. It fosters a deeper understanding of life, enabling individuals to make ethical decisions, form positive relationships, and contribute meaningfully to society. Through self-exploration, dialogue, and practice, value education shapes an individual's character, guiding them toward living a life aligned with universal human values. Understanding the distinction between human values and moral values further sharpens this learning process, making it more relevant and applicable in day-to-day life.

1. Understanding Value Education Presented by - Aniket Guleria (2202001010) Arshdeep Singh (2202001017) Under Guidance Of - Mrs . Amrita Pandey (M . Pharm -Pharmaceutics)

2. index Value Education and its types………. Role of Value Education………………. Need……………………………………... Basic Guidelines……………………….. Process of value education………….... Human Values…………………………. Process of self exploration……………. Human values Vs Moral values…….. Summary ……………………………….

3. the subject which enables us to understand what is valuable for human happiness is called VALUE EDUCATION VALUES: • Values are individual beliefs that motivate people to act one way or another. They serve as a guide for human behavior. Generally, people are predisposed to adopt the values that they are raised with. • value denotes the degree of importance of something or action, with the aim of determining which actions are best to do or what way is best to live, or to describe the significance of different actions. • Values are essential to ethics. EDUCATION- Education is the process of teaching learning skills and knowledge. Education is the means to impart knowledge and skills in human beings

4. Types of values TERMINAL VALUES- Leads ends to be achieved like comfortable life family security etc. INSTRUMENTAL VALUES- Relates to the means for achieving desired ends like ambition

5. Value education enables us to understand our need and visualize our goal correctly and also indicate the direction of their fulfillment Purpose of Value Education

6. The Role of Value Education Value education plays a very important role in creating a better society, more ethical organizations and groups, and better human beings as: 1. Value education can help to build human beings who possess strength, integrity and fortitude based upon ancient Indian values. 2. Value education builds the values of cooperation and peace as well as tolerance. 3. Efficiency can step up if a person possesses the right values. This may include punctuality, keeping one’s word, professionalism, lack of bias or prejudice etc. 4. Creating cordial relationships between people by encouraging the values of respect, love and affection. 5. Promoting personality development and social cohesion. 6. Regeneration values of national pride and integration towards nation-building. 7. Building character in the young people who will lead the country in the future. 8. Inculcate moral and spiritual values in the minds of students and making them aware of the teachings of Great Men so that they may learn from their examples. 9. Promoting harmony between nations and creating a peaceful world order .

7. Need for value education Correct identification of our aspiration Understanding universal human values to fulfill our aspiration in continuity Complimentary of values and skills Evaluating our belief Technology Thus value education means: The one which : ✓ Leads the individual to realize his potential ✓ Helps to achieve something higher in life ✓ Teaches values as well as practice of values of higher order ✓ Helps students to raise above their narrow and selfish ideas ✓ Helps to develop humanitarian spirit and become truly moral

8. Basic Guidelines for Value Education Universal: It needs to be applicable to all the human beings irrespective of cast, creed, nationalities, religion, etc., for all times and regions. Rational: It has to appeal to human reasoning. It has to be amenable to reasoning and not based on dogmas or blind beliefs. Natural and Verifiable : It has to be naturally acceptable to the human being who goes through the course and when we live on the basis of such values it leads to our happiness. All Encompassing : Value education is aimed at transforming our consciousness and living. Hence, it needs to cover all the dimensions (thought, behavior, work and realization) and levels (individual, family, society, nature and existence) of human life and profession. Leading to Harmony : The value education ultimately is targeted to promote harmony within the individual, among human beings and with nature.

9. PROCESS OF VALUE EDUCATION The process of value education has to be that of self exploration Whatever is found as truth or reality may be state as proposal and has to be verified at its own right It is process of dialogue between what you are and what you really want to be It is a process of knowing oneself and through that knowing entire existence This process of self exploration helps you be in harmony within yourself and in harmony with everything around

10. Human Values Value of a human being is its participation in the larger order E.g. Your participation in the family defines your value in the family What is valuable for you? feeling of respect or feeling of disrespect? You feel happy when you have a feeling of respect The other feels happy when you express respect to him/her Living in accordance with human values leads to mutual happiness* Your happiness Happiness of the other human being *i.e. in the case of human-human interaction In the case of human-rest of nature interaction, living in accordance with human values leads to mutual prosperity LOVE unconditional and unselfish care PEACE control the mind TRUTH indispensable ethical discipline NON VIOLENCE means respect for life and recognition of right of other RIGHT CONDUCT truth in action is right conduct Thinking with love is truth feeling with love is peace action with truth is right confect understanding with love is non violence

11. Levels of Living of a Human Being

12. PROCESS OF SELF EXPLORATION It’s a proposal Don’t assume it to be true Verify it as your own right Not on the basis of scriptures Not on the basis of reading from instrument Not on the basis of others Self verification

13. HUMAN VALUE Vs MORAL VALUE Moral values regard matters of right and wrong whereas Human values help a person to distinguish between right and wrong. Moral values are constant and unchanging whereas Human values change from person to person and from time to time. Moral values are for self development and self discipline whereas Human values is about how we treat others in society. Moral values can be taught whereas Human values are inherited values and are intact in all of us.

14. summary Self-Exploration : This is a process of understanding oneself and discovering the fundamental values that guide human life. It encourages reflection on personal beliefs, behaviors, and decisions. Universal Approach : The authors present values in a way that applies universally across cultures and contexts, emphasizing the innate need for harmony at different levels—individual, family, society, and nature. Human Values : The book highlights core human values such as truth, love, peace, non-violence, and righteousness, aiming to integrate these into personal and professional life. Professional Ethics : It connects human values with professional ethics, emphasizing the importance of ethical behavior in various professions, leading to responsible and humane professional conduct.

15. Reference R.R. Gaur, R. Asthana , G.P. Bagaria (2020). "Human Values and Professional Ethics," Chapter 1: Understanding Value Education. Excel Books. Gaur, R.R., Asthana , R., & Bagaria , G.P. (2020). Human Values and Professional Ethics (3rd Rev. Ed.). Excel Books. Pages 1-12. Excel Books (2020). Human Values and Professional Ethics by R.R. Gaur, R. Asthana , and G.P. Bagaria , 3rd Revised Edition. Pages 1-12.

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