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VALUE EDUCATION NOTES
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INTRODUCTION
Value education is a term used to name several things, and there is much academic controversy surrounding it. Some regard it as all aspects of the process by which teachers (and other adults) transmit value to pupil. Others see it as an activity that can take place in any organization during which people are assisted by others, who may be older, in a position of authority or are more experienced, to make clear those value principals their own behavior.
There two main approaches to value education. One is to inculcate or transmit a set of values which often come from communal or religious rules or cultural ethics. And the other is a type of Socratic dialogue where people are gradually brought to their own realization of what is good behavior for themselves and their community. Value education also leads to success and it has value of hard work. It is believed that education not only imparts knowledge and skills but also the right values and attitudes, which lead to, balanced human formation.
WHAT IS VALUE EDUCATION?
Value Education is the education that addresses questions like -How to live life well? How to find happiness? How to make others happy? How to manage all kinds of people and happenings? How to grow and succeed in the right manner?
NEED FOR VALUE BASED EDUCATION:
To understand who we are
To understand who God is
To understand what God has prepared for us
To understand the purpose of life
To develop better communication with God
To develop better communication with people
To prepare ourselves as successful human beings
To encourage value based individual behavior, public policies and social interaction in life
IMPORTANCE OF VALUES
Even during good times, the fine things in life like a high reputation, fame and money can make a person arrogant. Unless a person knows how to use money and power in the right manner, these very things will destroy him or her. So even if you have much talent, wealth, power or fame when you grow up, you must learn to use them well and give yourself and others happiness and need to live a life of values.
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.
Every one knows that life is precious – that life is important. We all protect our life because we care for it more than anything else. If life is so important, the values of life are even more important. Values are guiding principles, or standards of behaviour which are regarded desirable, important and held in high esteem by a particular society in which a person lives.
Our values are a reflection of our spirituality; our character.
One of the “CHINESE PROVERBS” goes like this:
"If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in character, if there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home, when there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation, when there is order in the nation there will be peace in the world".
A person with proper values will not be afraid to face problems. He or she will expect and accept them as part of life. He or she will have complete faith in God. Such a person will be an example to the rest.
Last but not the least we must love our own values in life, to build a strong character. It will help us to lead our life as it should be lead. It is very necessary for the fulfillment of life’s purpose.