This document discusses value education and the importance of teaching values. It defines values as one's personal attitudes, judgments, and choices that influence thoughts and actions. Values guide behavior and show how to interact with others. There are different types of values including aesthetic, personal, social, moral, spiritual, and behavioral. The document also outlines various methods for teaching values, such as direct and indirect approaches, curricular and co-curricular activities, and special programs that develop values through community service, recreation, and citizenship training.
4. DEFINITION
• Value means primarily to prize, to
esteem, to appraise and to estimate.
It means the act of achieving
something, holding it and also the act
of passing judgment upon the nature
and amount of values as compared
with something else.
- John Dewey
6. •Values reflect one's personal
attitudes and judgments,
decisions and choices,
behaviour and relationships,
dreams and vision. They
influence our thoughts,
feelings and actions.
7. Values are like the rails
that keep a train on the
track and help it move
smoothly, quickly and
with direction. They bring
quality to life.
8. Any human activity, thought or
idea, feeling, sentiment or
emotion, which could promote
self-development of the
individual in all its dimensions,
could be said to constitute a
value.
9. VALUE EDUCATION
Value education means
inculcating in the children a
sense of humanism, a deep
concern for the well-being
of others and the nation.
10. NEED FOR VALUE EDUCATION
• Values allow the individuals to interact
harmoniously with others
• Values guide our behaviors; they are part of our
identity as individuals
• They show us how to behave and how not to
behave when we’re faced with desires or impulses,
whether we’re alone or with others.
• They are like a compass that helps us behave
consistently, regardless of the situation
• Values guide our actions and determine for us
what’s good or bad
12. •"Everything that is
desired is desirable"
Biological
•Intrinsic values are
reflected in idealism
Intrinsic
• the principle of utility is
the guiding factor
Instrumental
18. METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF
VALUE EDUCATION
(A) DIRECT AND INDIRECT
APPROACHES
(B) CURRICULAR AND CO-
CURRICULAR APPROACH
(C) INTEGRATED APPROACH
19. PROGRAMMES FOR DEVELOPING VALUES
• Community prayer
• Health and Cleanliness programme
• Socially Useful Productive Work
• Special class-room situations
• Cultural and Recreational Activities
• Citizenship Training
• Social Service Programme