Value education

meaning, definitions concept, nature significance, need, and importance of value education in our daily life

1. Values Education By: Aastha Bhatia

2. INTRODUCTION “We live in difficult times when peace and human security are facing new challenges at the individual and global level. Education is a key dimension of the long term process of building peace, tolerance, justice and intercultural understanding- the reorientation of education to create a better world is truly urgent.”

3. WHAT ARE VALUES EDUCATION? Values education is not new or something extra, it is building upon what already exists. Values education is on both national and state agendas. Values can be personalised, politicised and contested. Values education can strengthen students self esteem, optimism and help students to exercise ethical judgement and social responsibility.

4. CHARACTERISTICS Active learning Action research Inquiry Problem Solving Community based Service learning Critical literacy Student Action Teams Student Mentoring

5. SIGNIFICANT NATURE civics and citizenship education   environmental education, sustainable futures international and global education indigenous studies, languages and multicultural education history, philosophy, social sciences health and human development sciences – ethical dilemmas, problem solving math, economics (equity issues –gap between haves/have-nots) media & ICTs – critical thinking, discernment, choosing screen-based informat ion

6. OBJECTIVES Establishes a shared values language across the school. Explicitly teaches and models values. Uses a range of learning strategies. Enhances student agency. Develops approaches relevant to the local context. Gathers data for continuous improvement.

7. Scope of value education We need to understand why people hold different values and why they behave differently. We need to understand why people hold different values and why they behave differently. Providing a place in the curriculum for specifically studying values– their nature and significance in our life-choices, and how one goes about justifying them and negotiating value agreements in the group: in short, studying the “discipline” of values discourse. Values Education Programs : Drug Education, Religious Education, Program Achieve, Social Skills Programs

8. NEEDS OF VALUE EDUCATION Moral Development Culture Development Social Development All-Round development Solving Conflict Development of Democratic qualities Cooperative living

9. TYPES OF VALUE EDUCATION Instrumental values. Intrinsic values. Immediate values. Remote values. Aesthetic values. Absolute and Related values.

10. ADVANTAGES OF VALUE EDUCATION Healthy and Balanced Personality. Vocationally Efficiency. Ideal Citizens. Reconstruction of experiences. Adjustable Environment. Promotes social Efficiency. Develops Cultural values.

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