The Importance Of Values In Education

Teachers play a significant role in a child’s cognizance of values such as patience, humility and integrity. Patience is the capacity to conduct oneself without undue haste or impulse, humility is having respect for others and their positions and integrity is being just, impartial, fair and honest according to Mc Elmeel (2002). In fact, a senior sociology lecturer, Dr. Nasser Mustapha, recommended that academics and values should be taught in schools. Values are defined as what is worth having and worth striving for according to Haralambos. Allusion is given to Kofi Annan who declared that, “No one is born a good citizen”. Similarly, “Leaders are made rather than born”, consistent with Warren G. Bennis. Based on these profound discoveries

Since each group depends on all members to excel, jigsaw maximizes interaction and establishes a collaborative atmosphere and respect for other students. An infant two (2) activity could be for all students to cross a polluted river without falling by using their books to symbolize the area of the river. In this example, all students learn to work harmoniously amongst their groups because they would like to win the game. Thirdly, the think-pair -share technique encourages participation. In sharing their ideas, students take ownership of their learning and negotiate meanings rather than rely solely on the teacher 's authority (Cobb et al. 1991).An additional benefit of using the think- pair- share strategy include the positive changes in students ' self-esteem that occur when they listen to one another and respect each person’s ideas. An example of this is where the teacher poses the following question… what would you like to be when you grow up? Each student individually thinks about his preferred career, then pairs up with a second member of the class to discuss each other’s future profession and then they both share their expectations with the other groups of the class. Next, is the numbered heads together technique which holds each

A classroom example is when Jacim, a second year boy eagerly raises his hands while the entire class is doing a writing activity. As the teacher walks around her classroom to check each student’s book, Jacim raises his hands for speedy feedback on his assignment. She responds, “Great work on writing your name Jacim”, “however next time please use a finger space between each letter, ok”. In this case the teacher has prompted Jacim by offering a polite suggestion on what he has incorrectly done and she quickly visits another student by saying “ok” so as to maximize her teaching time. In this instance, Jacim learns to model being respectful, enduring and impartial when socializing in any