ipl-logo

Valuing Value Based Education

924 Words4 Pages

Valuing the ‘Value based Education’

Value Education, a process by which values are inculcated among people. It is transmitting a set of values which often come from religious customs or societal or cultural ethics. “Life is precious”, everyone knows that. However, If life is so precious, the values governing the life are equally important. Morals and Values are nothing, but a code we adhere to for living in a society which is civil and just.

Values in education are the virtues that make up a human being. Values mould our behaviour, relationships, choices, and the sense of who we are. The greater the positivity in our values, the greater will be the positivity in our actions. This is one of the reasons for value based education being included …show more content…

We know that children today are tomorrow 's citizens. Good education to the present day children, the future of the next generations will be well. Education seems to be the solution for all types of the problems. Living in the modern century, use of science and technology in the proper way will curb all difficulties to solve all the problems of the non-moral and value things. The main objective of the study is to inculcate moral and value based education in schools and colleges and to know the attitude of intermediate students towards moral values.

The objective of education in a country like India, which has an incredible heritage and diversity in geography, values, culture and beliefs, rarely seen in this wide world, should be to educate a student of the value system which is indispensable to live successful life (Das, Sayan, 2008).

Considering the above mentioned fact, apart from schools, value education is now being propagated at the college level also. To quote an example, Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, Andhra Pradesh State, has launched value education for the promotion of ethical values among degree college …show more content…

 Educating all women in the society. Mother is the first teacher. Motivate every woman to know about moral values, may be through a special course like "Gandhian Studies" (Indrani, Beena, 2012)

According to Father of Indian Nation, M.K.Gandhi:

“If wealth is lost nothing is lost
If health is lost something is lost
If character is lost everything is lost”
Best of all things is character.

Values and ethics help to build a great character. Thus value education completes this need very easily with an impact on the young minds making the world a better place to live in.
REFERENCES:

Indrani, Beena (2012). Importance of Value Education in Modern Time. Education India Journal: A Quarterly Refereed Journal of Dialogues on Education, ISSN 2278-
2435, Vol. 1, Issue- 3.

Das, Sayan (2008). Value based education. http://theviewspaper.net/value-based-education/ accessed on 8th September, 2014. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/value-education-for-degree-students/article4822142.ece accessed on 14th September, 2014.

Ms. Aarti Sharma
Lecturer – Finance, Accounting & Control Area
IILM Undergraduate Business

Show More
Related

  • Xacc/280 Week 2 Individual Assignment

    656 Words  | 3 Pages

    First, teachers will explain and educate on the defining aspect of virtue and emphasize that it is more of an external action. Afterward, teachers will teach about righteousness and explain righteousness is more of an internal thought process. Finally, teachers will educate students on humanity and the act of loving and caring for family and peers. Students should be able to distinguish the differences between the three and recognize each characteristics in a scenario. Students, finally, should be able to understand how to act in each manner in their journey in The

    Read More

  • White Privilege In The Burning Times

    1040 Words  | 5 Pages

    “You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” Bringham Young (GoodReads, 2015) Women have a tendency of starting a new view or a new idea. It is from women’s beliefs and values that changing times have come for more values and more beliefs.

    Read More

  • Grades And Money By David Vogel Analysis

    975 Words  | 4 Pages

    Importance of Education Nowadays colleges grew up with the prices. Many people ask themselves do we need an education at all. In the articles by Steven Vogel, "Grades and Money," and Kwame Anthony Appiah, "What Is the Point of College?” , we discussed importance of higher education and value of GPA, knowledge.

    Read More

  • Ethical Dilemmas In To Kill A Mockingbird

    1399 Words  | 6 Pages

    Moral values are relating to the principles of right conduct or what a person sees as right and wrong. So it is basically what people think is right and wrong. This strongly influences the decisions that they take, considering that a person will do something if it seems wrong. Nonetheless, people still do things that they know are wrong, but most decisions a human being makes are

    Read More

  • Eight Step Ethical Decision-Making Model

    1268 Words  | 6 Pages

    Morality is a set of values held by a person in making when judging and evaluating what is deemed right or wrong, good or bad (Brandt, 1959). When we talk about morality in counseling it’s about the reasoning by the counselor that has four levels. They are, personal intuition, ethical guidelines established by professional organizations, ethical principles and general theories of moral action (Kitchener, 1984). Ethics is described as adopted principles that has relations to man’s behavior and moral decision making (Van Hoose & Kottler, 1985). Ethics is often thought as a synonym to morality.

    Read More

  • Child Development Theories Essay

    1275 Words  | 6 Pages

    It is difficult to protect children from all the ups and downs of life. Teaching values to children takes time, which is a scarce commodity in our increasingly challenging time. As a result, external influences like peer pressure and the internet are having a greater effect to children, shaping their perspectives and behaviours more than ever before. Resilience, respect, kindness, honesty, courage, discipline, compassion and trustworthiness are among the values that parents must instill to their children. Inculcating solid morals to children protects them from negative societal influences and lays the foundation for them to become responsible

    Read More

  • Bad Parents Raise Bad Children

    1141 Words  | 5 Pages

    In a like manner, bad parents do not give reasons or teach their child about morality, and the outcome is a misbehaved child. The importance of morality and values is important to human development as it guides the person 's life minute by minute towards noble goals, rather than the individual 's life being controlled by self-serving motives and bad habits. In conclusion, the parents who have not taught their child about morality and values do not live by rules and boundaries. Instead, these children go out of the fine lines of life that really molds us for the

    Read More

  • Confucianism In Singapore

    1192 Words  | 5 Pages

    In Vietnam, the obligatory moral curriculums for students are Moral Education in primary levels, Civics education in secondary levels, and Marxist sciences and Ho Chi Minh thoughts at university. The aim of these curriculums are character and personality building, citizenship education, and spreading the ideas of inculcating socialist thoughts and socialist principles respectively (Truong, 2013). Different from Vietnam, all Singapore students have to take the compulsory subject ‘Civics and Moral Education’ (CME) at the primary and secondary levels, and ‘Civics’ at the pre-university level. Six core values identified as the foundation for good character are respect, responsibility, integrity, care, resilience, and harmony. According to Tan (2013), these six values are intended to “complement and reinforce” various state- sanctioned visions, namely “Our Shared Values, the Singapore Family Values, the Singapore 21 Vision and the National Education messages”.

    Read More

  • Personal Essay: The Value Of Personal Independence

    805 Words  | 4 Pages

    They dictate the choices you make and determine the direction that your life takes. Your values will influence your decisions related to your relationships, career, and other activities you engage in. Not only is your values important but also the challenges in your life to are just important, what doesn’t kill you just make you even more stronger in life. Even when things get hard don’t let the challenges in the hardship i life get to you push forward and make things better than what they are at the time. The more you challenge yourself the better things will become.

    Read More

  • Personal Values Essay

    1404 Words  | 6 Pages

    The two important values that I have learnt are the independence and the respect. I learnt these two values since my childhood. One of the values is the independence. Independence means that you can support yourself without owning or depending on yourself concerned with livelihood or studying. You can make decision of your life without being controlled by the others.

    Read More

  • Persuasive Essay On Girls Education

    1496 Words  | 6 Pages

    Plenty of students in the United States dread going to school and would much rather use this time to play video games, watch TV, or even sleep. But in third world countries, children, especially girls, do not have the opportunity to receive an education. These girls would exchange anything in order to attend school and have an opportunity to be independent, educated, and equal to their male counterparts. Governments need to implement policies that guarantee girls education in order to promote gender equality, boost their economy, and prevent child marriage. Research has shown that educating girls will not only benefit each individual girl, but also their community and country as a whole.

    Read More

  • Compare And Contrast The Education System Between Uk And Usa

    839 Words  | 4 Pages

    Introduction: Education is a basic need of every human being. Every country has their own education system with a motive of “to make their people well educated and civilized”. Schools, colleges, universities, Affiliation Boards, teacher, lecturers, professors, students etc all these entities form the system called an educations system. So we can say that: “Education Education system is a collection of interrelated entities or components that work in collaboration to achieve the common goal i.e. educate the students.”

    Read More

  • Harry Potter: A Comparison Of Beowulf And Harry Potter

    826 Words  | 4 Pages

    Joseph Campbell once said, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself”. Beowulf is a hero who helped Hrothgar and Hrothgar’s towns people by defeating Grendel and Grendel’s mother. Harry Potter is a hero when he protects his friends and Hogwarts. Beowulf and Harry Potter have similarities and differences so their values teach the reader about society. Having values is important in our society for many reasons.

    Read More

  • Essay On Ethics In Education

    782 Words  | 4 Pages

    Ethics according to my understanding is that division of philosophy which concerns with the moral principles that guide us in terms of our behaviour and way of doing things. Ethics simply helps a person in distinguishing between the right and wrong, good and bad, just and unjust, acceptable and unacceptable. It incorporates the ethical standards or the code of ethics guiding a person into the right path by instilling discipline and other virtues in our life’s daily activities. As professional teachers we endowed with dignity and reputation with high code of conduct while practicing the noble teaching profession which also requires us to follow set of ethical and moral principles, standards and values. Ethics in education concerns with the study of ethical standards or basic principles related rooted in the education system.

    Read More

  • Don T Sleep There Are Snakes Analysis

    1202 Words  | 5 Pages

    Malcolm X once said “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepared for it today.” In the western world education plays a vital role in shaping our future; it determines if we will survive or fail in the world we created for ourselves. Our world is constantly changing and it requires a society that is well versed in understanding the problems deriving from cultural differences and tolerance of one another’s beliefs and perceptions. With the power of education we are able to deal with the problems of economic, government, religion and culture differences.

    Read More

More about Valuing Value Based Education

Open Document