Academic Staff College of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad organized an Orientation Programme, for University Teachers, from the Information Technology area. A half-day session was allotted for two topics, viz. Becoming a Better Teacher and Values in Education. The facilitator, i.e. my self, feels that the inclusion of these two topics is done with a view to motivate the teachers to teach with greater commitment. Values, in any field of activity, constitute a very important aspect, and particularly in the field of education. Unless a value-orientation is given, education will not serve the intended purpose. Teachers must be motivated to become better teachers, without which the quality of education cannot be improved for generations together. When the teachers realize the important role they are playing, it is hoped that they would raise to the occasion and add love to the responsible job they are doing, and create the necessary impact. It is better to view both the power point presentations. The live recording of the speech can be listened to / downloaded, by visiting www.archive.org and searching for Prof. V. Viswanadham, The two power point presentations can be viewed at www.scribd.com and search for Viswam.vangapally4581, and / or www.slideshare.net/viswanadham

2. V A L U E S

3. PROF. V. VISWANADHAM IN EDUCATION V A L U E S

5. VALUES in EDUCATION VALUES FOR LIFE

6. ? WHAT ARE THE VALUES IN EDUCATION ? VALUES ? WHY VALUES ? WHAT IS LIFE ? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE ? WHAT ARE HUMAN VALUES ? WHY VALUES IN EDUCATION ARE NEEDED FOR LIFE ?

7. ????? ARE VALUES DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT FIELDS ? Why there is general indifference towards VALUES?

8. ARE THESE VALUES ETERNAL ? OR, ARE THEY SUBJECT TO CHANGE, WITH CHANGING TIMES ? . . . . as in the case of fashions ? ARE THESE VALUES UNIVERSAL ? [ UNIFORMLY APPLICABLE TO ALL ~ IRRESPECTIVE OF RELIGION, CASTE, CREED, AGE, GENDER, AND SO ON ? ]

9. INCREASINGLY COMPLEX MODERN SOCIETY IS FACING MORE PROBLEMS THAN ITS DEMONSTRATED CAPACITY TO SOLVE KNOWLEDGE IS PROLIFERATING BUT WISDOM SEEMS TO BE LANGUISHING GUIDED MISSILES BUT MIS-GUIDED HUMANITY WE HAVE THE SPIRITUAL, INTELLECTUAL & ECONOMIC RESOURCES BUT SEEM TO BE LACKING THE WILL AND THE WISDOM TO TACKLE THE PROBLEMS AS TEACHERS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ?

10. THE INEQUALITY, THE INEFFICIENCY, THE INDIFFERENCE, THE INEFFECTIVENESS . . . THE GROWING POVERTY, THE EXPLODING CORRUPTION, CHEATING, CRIME, VIOLENCE, VULGARITY, EVER-INCREASING POLLUTION, ~ NOT JUST IN ENVIRONMENT, BUT IN THOUGHT, WORD AND ACTION, DECREASING STANDARDS, DECLINING VALUES, WEAKNENING FAMILY TIES, GET-QUICK-RICH BY ANY MEANS ATTITUDE . . . HAS LACK OF CONCERN FOR VALUES IN EDUCATION ANYTHING TO DO WITH THESE STATE OF AFFAIRS ?

11. A TEACHER, MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE, NEEDS PROFICIENCY, COMMITMENT & DEDICATION, AS HE HAS THE ABILITY, OPPORTUNITY & THE INSPIRATION TO VISUALISE AN IDEAL SOCIETY AND CONTRIBUTE HIS MIGHT TO ACHIEVE THE SAME BY MOTIVATING THE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS AND YOUTH BY PREPARING THEM FOR A BETTER FUTURE WERE OUR UNIONS, EVER CONCERNED SERIOUSLY ABOUT THESE ASPECTS ?

12. EDUCATION IS A CRUCIAL TOOL TO EMPOWER PEOPLE ONLY A WORTHWHILE EDUCATION CAN DO THIS ARE WE ABLE TO IMPART QUALITY EDUCATION TO ALL WITHOUT ANY DISTINCTION ? “ EDUCATION MUST HELP EVERY CITIZEN TO REALISE HIS POTENTIAL”

14. What messages are our students receiving from the world around them? What messages are we sending in our classrooms?

15. VARIETY VALUES VICES VULGARITY VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY VACUUM

16. ~ WARM, SHINING & UPLIFTING ~ DISCRIMINATING, EXPLOITING & DEGRADING VALUES : POSITIVE ~ LEAD US TOWARDS FREEDOM, PEACE, PROGRESS, JOY, EQUALITY, NEGATIVE ~ LEAD US TOWARDS BONDAGE, CONFLICT, SORROW, FRUSTATION, VICES, VACUUM, etc.

17. IN GOD’S CREATION, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THERE ARE 84 LAKHS OF SPECIES ~ WITH HUMAN LIFE TOPPING THE LIST. THE HUMAN BEING IS BLESSED WITH A MIND – THE THINKING FACULTY, & “ VIVEKA” – THE FACULTY OF DISCRIMINATION.

18. “ EVERYBODY TODAY SEEMS TO BE IN SUCH A TERRIBLE RUSH, ANXIOUS FOR GREATER DEVELOPMENTS AND GREATER RICHES AND SO ON, ~ PARENTS HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME FOR EACH OTHER; PARENTS HAVE NOT MUCH TIME FOR THEIR CHILDREN; - AND IN THE HOME BEGINS THE DISRUPTION OF PEACE OF THE WORLD” MOTHER THERESA

19. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF LIFE IS TO LIVE RIGHTLY, THINK RIGHTLY AND ACT RIGHTLY MAHATMA GANDHI

20. WHAT IS RIGHT ? WHAT IS WRONG ?

21. A LONG WAY TO GO TO PRACTICE THE VALUES WE ALL KNOW & ARE HAPPY AND EAGER TO PREACH THE POINT IS. . . HOW SINCERELY WE FOLLOW THE VALUES WE KNOW

22. INDIA IS AMONGST THE MOST CORRUPT NATIONS ARE YOU PROUD ? ?????

23. A TRAGEDY MUST NOT BREAK US BUT ONLY STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE TO FIGHT EVEN HARDER A P J ABDUL KALAM

24. CAN SELFISHNESS FORM THE BASIS ? CAN DOUBLE STANDARDS FORM THE FOUNDATION ?

25. VALUES ARE NEEDED FOR PEACE, HEALTH, PROSPERITY & HAPPINESS ~ for you and also for everyone else

26. POLITICS PRINCIPLES SCIENCE HUMANITY COMMERCE MORALITY WEALTH WORK WORSHIP COMPASSION PLEASURE CONSCIENCE EDUCATION CHARACTER 7 WITH OR WITHOUT

27. PURUSHARTHAS & ASHRAMAS DHARMA ARTHA KAMA MOKSHA BRAHMACHARYA GRUHASTHA VANAPRASTHA SANYASA 4

28. Focus is on what we ought to do, not what we want to do Duties & Responsibilities come first. Rights & Privileges come next.

29. " WE MUST HAVE LIFE-BUILDING, MAN-MAKING, CHARACTER-MAKING ASSIMILATION OF IDEAS." " WE WANT THAT EDUCATION BY WHICH CHARACTER IS FORMED, STRENGTH OF MIND IS INCREASED, THE INTELLECT IS EXPANDED AND BY WHICH ONE CAN STAND ON ONE'S OWN FEET. " " STRENGTH IS LIFE WEAKNESS IS DEATH " ? ? ?

30. " BE GOOD AND DO GOOD " - SWAMI VIVEKANANDA GET INSPIRED GET STARTED

31. QUOTABLE QUOTES ON EDUCATION 1. " All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. " ~ Aristotle

32. 2. " Education is the transmission of civilization. " ~ Will Durant 3. " The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. " ~ Plato

33. 4. " Whosoever neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead to the future. " ~ Euripides 5. " Education is helping the child realize his potentialities. " ~ Erich Fromm

34. 6. " Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness, to teach him how to develop that uniqueness, and then to show him how to share it because that's the only reason for having anything. ~ Leo Buscaglia

35. Within the character of the citizen lies the welfare of the nation. ~ Cicero

36. ...nothing is of more importance for the public wealth, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue . ~Benjamin Franklin

37. “ The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically . . . Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” Martin Luther King Jr.

39. W. A. T. C. H. W = WORDS A = ACTIONS T = THOUGHTS C = CHARACTER H = HEAD & HEART

40. LOVE FOR GOD FEAR OF SIN SOCIAL MORALITY

41. IN UNDERSTANDING LOVE – THE MOST BASIC HUMAN VALUE IN SPEECH IN ACTION IN THOUGHT IN UNDERSTANDING TRUTH RIGHTEOUSNESS PEACE NON- VIOLENCE WITH LOVE IN YOUR HEART

42. START THE DAY WITH L O V E SPEND THE DAY WITH L O V E FILL THE DAY WITH L O V E END THE DAY WITH L O V E ~ THAT IS THE WAY TO PRACTICE V A L U E S

43. START THE DAY WITH L O V E SPEND THE DAY WITH L O V E FILL THE DAY WITH L O V E END THE DAY WITH L O V E ~ THAT IS THE WAY TO FIND G O D

44. Your A T T I T U D E determines your ALTITUDE. What is your ATTITUDE ?

47. KSHEERA SAGARA MADANAM

48. SARVE BHADRANI PASHYANTHU MAKASCHI DUKKHA BHAGHBAVETH EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOOD & RIGHT NOBODY SHOULD SUFFER

49. Do you feel that we all should be concerned about values ?

50. WE ALL KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT WE ALL KNOW WHAT IS GOOD WE WILL DO THE THINGS WE KNOW WE SHOULD BE DOING.

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